The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada says the federal Liberal government's sluggish judicial appointment process is allowing some alleged criminals to walk away because there aren't enough justices to hear cases in a timely manner.
Speaking to reporters at an end-of-session press conference, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this year to press him to speed up the appointment process.He said the prime minister phoned him back for a short conversation but, so far, he hasn't seen much progress.
"I share the concerns of the public for transparency," Wagner said, adding that he asked the CJC to review its "opaque" approach to judicial misconduct with an eye to allowing more openness. The federal government appoints judges to the federal courts, the superior courts of the provinces and territories and the Supreme Court of Canada.
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