[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[Barrister]

It should be a political, not a judicial, issue.

[Grey Fox]

That's what happens when the Federal government is dominated by conservatives.

[Jacob]

It should be a political, not a judicial, issue.

The politicians have 12 months to make a law they can live with.

[crazy canuck]

That's what happens when the Federal government is dominated by conservatives.

We end up with a Supreme Court that makes excellent decisions.

With the recent decisions regarding collective bargaining rights and now this decision I think we can put to bed all the talk about secret agendas regarding the appointment of Supreme Court Justices. 

By the way, it was a Conservative MP who proposed legislation which is very similar to the guidelines set out by the Court.

[viper37]

It should be a political, not a judicial, issue.

then what is the point of having a Supreme Court that can interpret the validity of laws if they can't do it?  Shouldn't we simply disband it and stop at Court of Appeal?

[crazy canuck]

It should be a political, not a judicial, issue.

then what is the point of having a Supreme Court that can interpret the validity of laws if they can't do it?  Shouldn't we simply disband it and stop at Court of Appeal?

It was his usual SCC troll. 

[Barrister]

By the way, it was a Conservative MP who proposed legislation which is very similar to the guidelines set out by the Court.

I believe you mean my very good buddy Stephen Fletcher.

[Barrister]

It should be a political, not a judicial, issue.

then what is the point of having a Supreme Court that can interpret the validity of laws if they can't do it?  Shouldn't we simply disband it and stop at Court of Appeal?

It was his usual SCC troll. 

It's not a troll.  Despite my good friendship with Fletcher, I don't think such matters should be decided in the SCC.

[Jacob]

It's not a troll.  Despite my good friendship with Fletcher, I don't think such matters should be decided in the SCC.

I read an observation somewhere that the current government has a very low threshold for whether a law is likely to pass legal challenges compared to previous ones.

[crazy canuck]

It should be a political, not a judicial, issue.

then what is the point of having a Supreme Court that can interpret the validity of laws if they can't do it?  Shouldn't we simply disband it and stop at Court of Appeal?

It was his usual SCC troll. 

It's not a troll.  Despite my good friendship with Fletcher, I don't think such matters should be decided in the SCC.

Ok, but so long as the Charter exists the Courts have to decide whether legislation complies with the Charter.  What you really want is the Charter to be either significantly amended or repealed.

[HVC]

The sun news channel is apparently folding

[Josephus]

Yup. It's done. God bless the free market.

[Malthus]

Yup. It's done. God bless the free market.

Now the lunatics will roam the streets annoying people, rather than being gainfully employed indoors.

[crazy canuck]

Yup. It's done. God bless the free market.

It is ironic that their undoing was not being able to ride the gravy train of mandatory cable subscription ordered by the CRTC.

Also, one more thing we can be annoyingly smug about.  Fox news would never succeed here.

[Josephus]

I wonder if Fox can or cannot survive here. I mean it is on Cable packages. It has a bit of a brand name to it, and some more noteworthy pundits. But by and large, yes, the base that supports Fox News in the USA doesn't really exist here outside of Alberta.