OTTAWA, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 5-4 in a minority-language-schools case that deference to elected legislatures is a thing of the past. The majority of the judges said they have the power to “police” compliance with their orders in important Charter of Rights cases. “Deference ends where the constitutional rights the courts are charged with protecting begin,” Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci and Madam Justice Louise Arbour wrote. “The rule of law can be shallow without proper mechanisms for its enforcement.” For National Post commentary: https://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?id=ABA63C64-CA7E-4CF0-ACC7-AE7DDFD650E0 See previous LifeSite report on Louise Arbour https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1999/jun/99061101.html Pro-family Canadians brace themselves as liberal jurist LOUISE ARBOUR ascends to the nation’s highest court https://www.lifesitenews.com/interim/1999/aug/13joining.html
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Supreme Court Grants Itself Right to ‘Police’ Legislatures
OTTAWA, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 5-4 in a minority-language-schools case that deference to elected legislatures is a thing of the past. The majority of the judges said they have the power to “police” compliance with their orders in important Charter of Rights cases. “Deference ends where the constitutional rights the courts are charged with protecting begin,” Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci and Madam Justice Louise Arbour wrote. “The rule of law can be shallow without proper mechanisms for its enforcement.” For National Post commentary: https://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?id=ABA63C64-CA7E-4CF0-ACC7-AE7DDFD650E0 See previous LifeSite report on Louise Arbour […]
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