Jody Wilson-Raybould rejects need for partisan vetting of would-be judges GlobePolitics
“The system is opaque enough that we’re not sure whether the very best people are being appointed and, if not, if it is having to do with partisan affiliation in certain cases or not,” said Troy Riddell, chair of the political science department at the University of Guelph.
Lori Hausegger, who is the director of the Canadian studies program at Boise State University in Idaho, said the federal government should follow the model used in Ontario, in which the government must pick from a shortlist of candidates created by an independent committee.“It would be better if [the committee] made a very short list and the government had to choose from that shortlist. … That gets rid of a lot of the opportunities for discretion,” she said.
“Canadians should be worried,” he said. “If they want a merit system of selecting judges, they should be worried that it could be subverted.” Adam Goldenberg, a Toronto-based lawyer who previously worked as a Liberal staffer, said the federal government seems to be striving to ensure not too many party supporters make it on the bench. In his view, the number of appointees who are Liberal donors is “very low.”
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