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Judge in vernissage shooting case already

JUDGE IN VERNISSAGE SHOOTING CASE ALREADY FREE

JUDGE IN VERNISSAGE SHOOTING CASE ALREADY FREE

While in Quebec, the nine judges are expected to host a free public event to answer questions about the role of the court. They’ll hear two cases in Quebec City in September. Supreme Court justices heard a case in Winnipeg back in 2019. The court also has started holding hearings outside of Ottawa. (Julio Cortez/The Associated Press)Īs part of its outreach campaign, the court now publishes plain-language versions of its decisions and recently started an Instagram account. 6 insurrection attempt - should serve as a warning to Canadians to watch out for political attacks on judicial independence and the nation’s institutions. Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner said recent global political events - like the Jan. president Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. “And as soon as an incident occurs that can attack judicial independence, we must react, we must denounce.” “We can never say to ourselves, ‘We have judicial independence, we are in Canada, everything is fine, we have respect for the institutions.’ No, we have to be on the lookout,” he said. should serve as a warning to Canadians. 6, 2021 insurrection attempt in Washington, D.C. Wagner, who has been on the Supreme Court since 2012 and has served as chief justice since 2017, said recent global political events - like the Jan. The need to maintain and build that trust is one reason why the Supreme Court is ramping up a campaign to explain its role in Canada’s democracy to Canadians. “Just like trust. It takes years and years to get people to trust institutions, and it takes a single event to destroy that trust,” he said from his office in Ottawa. Wagner said that, given the less polarized nature of the Canadian bench, he doesn’t think a similar leak would occur within his court - but he argued this event demonstrates the fragility of judicial independence. “It makes you think that there is nothing sacred in some countries and that an institution can be weakened very quickly.” “It was catastrophic,” he said in French during an interview with Radio-Canada. Wagner was on an official visit to Washington, D.C., when a draft majority decision that could overturn American abortion laws was leaked to the media, setting off a political storm that still rages south of the border. Supreme Court descended into crisis last month. Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner had a ringside seat when the U.S.