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A truly scary person in Canadian politics

by Canada Votes | December 6, 2005 at 05:35 pm | 221 views | 1 comment

Not Stephen Harper. Not even Paul Martin. It's Beverley McLachlin, Supreme Court Justice: "The rule of law requires judges to uphold unwritten constitutional norms, even in the face of clearly enacted laws or hostile public opinion," said a prepared text...

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Bender_420

at 20:10 on December 6th, 2005

Um, i think it's important to point out that this is not necessarily a negative statement. Many facets of today's political drama are not explicitly covered in Canada's entrenched "Charter of Rights and Freedoms", like the rights of homosexuals which have been 'read into' the Charter on 'analogous' grounds.

What i hear when i read Beverley McLachlin's statement is a women saying that fear mongering and populist politics shouldn't be allowed to erode the rights our constitution (and the American Constitution) is designed to protect... though i can't be certain in what context she made this comment, as neither this nowpublic blurb or the Yahoo! article clarify this point.