Though Mount Royal University has been embroiled in a lengthy legal battle over its firing of professor Frances Widdowson, it defended free expression when it came to the protesters. When it was asked to kick the protesters out, it refused. When it wanted advance notice from the protesters, it asked — this, it later reasoned to the arbitrator, was more likely to attain co-operation (the arbitrator, on the other hand, insisted that it was fine for the university to give the protesters orders if the reason had to do with worker health and safety). Mount Royal tied its decisions to Alberta court precedent as it went along. Even so, it lost before a mere labour arbitrator.
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