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This paper explains that the article "Geography: Planning in Canada" discusses how planners rely upon the protocols of the professional planner to deal with the politics of planning. The author points out that this reliance can present problems because this protocol promises more than it delivers in terms of its potential value as a source of moral authority and of political power. The paper relates that the protocol of the professional planner simultaneously resolves and reproduces the liberal paradox between freedom and justice thus creating a dilemma of ambivalence.

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This article discusses how planners rely upon the protocols of the professional planner to deal with the politics of planning. This reliance can present problems, for this protocol promises more than it delivers in terms of its potential value as a source of moral authority. Furthermore, it delivers more than it promises as a source of political power. Subsequently, the protocol of the professional planner simultaneously resolves and reproduces the liberal paradox between freedom and justice. This dilemma explains the ambivalence many planners express concerning power and how their encounters with power may reflect their use of this protocol.

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