Alberta Review Board chairwoman resigns, says she received no government support
Posted Nov 20, 2019 3:41 pm.
Last Updated Nov 21, 2019 6:22 am.
EDMONTON – The chairwoman of the Alberta Review Board says she has decided to resign after months of what she characterizes as banging her head against a wall.
Jill Taylor sent her resignation letter this morning after less than six months on the job.
The independent tribunal reviews the cases of people who have been deemed not criminally responsible for a crime or have been found unfit to stand trial because of mental disorders.
Taylor says she has been trying to get a meeting with Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer since she started on June 1.
She says she was concerned by the minister’s public comments on Twitter after the board ruled Matthew de Grood, a schizophrenic man who killed five young people in Calgary, could be eased back into the community with his doctor’s approval.
Taylor says she was open to a review of what the board does, but she wasn’t able to get in touch with Schweitzer to discuss it.
