A judge or justice of the peace who bowed to political pressure “would be in clear breach of their oath of office,” the three former heads of the Ontario Court of Justice said in a statement sent to the Star Wednesday, warning that the potential politicization of the provincial court “would diminish the court and its judiciary in the eyes of the public.” https://apple.news/A7fMYIpdwQEKTOCu16q-fFA
@DavidM_yeg this is how fascism works. Fomenting fear of crime, focus on stricter law enforcement, promises that only the populist leader can keep you safe. We have to fight this every legal way we can. These populist right wingers are dangerous to everything we hold to be important as Canadians, and it can all slip away so easily.
Strong words from Steve Paikin, someone who understands #onpoli better than most and has a lot of respect for those that choose public life:
"Politics has become such a phony business: government members constantly trumpet achievements, while opposition members constantly feign outrage that authenticity — normally, the coin of the realm — is in increasingly short supply. Some days, it’s non-existent."