Motion Brief - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
Motion Brief - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
Motion Brief - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
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create a Quality Assurance Council to investigate deaths and injuries that occur in child<br />
welfare practices. The plan was based on the recommendation of a panel of experts.<br />
Ms. Wotherspoon wrote a column in a Calgary newspaper expressing her concerns with<br />
the Quality Assurance Council, even though she had not read the report of the panel<br />
recommending it and was not familiar with their reasoning. Somewhat ironically, she<br />
testified that she expressed her opinions about the recommendations of the expert<br />
panel and the government of Alberta relying upon the information she obtained from the<br />
media reports.<br />
Cross Examination of Evelyn Wotherspoon, page 14, line 4; page<br />
16, line 17 and page 17, line 3<br />
9. So far as Ms. Wotherspoon is aware, the Government of Alberta has changed its<br />
plans notwithstanding the arguments she has put forth.<br />
Cross Examination of Evelyn Wotherspoon, page 15, line 5<br />
10. The Media Group submits that the Wotherspoon Report is not admissible opinion<br />
evidence. In the alternative, if it is admitted, it should be considered as an individual’s<br />
lay opinion and argument and be given no weight.
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