[optimusREIM]

There is a compelling argument to be made, that these quasi-judicial bodies do a lot of good and are better at delivering efficient decisions when regulatory bodies are concerned. However, I find it dismaying that the government of Manitoba decided that it was not enough that it had empowered a municipality by statute to make decisions for its own good, but it also had to create a higher board to re-decide appeals. I can tell you from experience that most of these quasi-judicial bodies are the worst to deal with for starters. And though they deliver a theoretical advantage over court proceedings in terms of the amount of time required to hear and return a decision, they often make unreasonable decisions, take forever to deliver them, and do not really have to answer for these because the standard for judicial review of these decisions is near-impossible to meet, as well as court challenges having the effect of greatly delaying justice. Justice delayed is justice denied etc...

Still shaking my head over this. Yet more evidence that the administrative state in Manitoba (elsewhere too) is in rough shape.