TORONTO, July 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court, Madame Heather Smith was the most senior of the three justices who ruled unanimously in the July 12 decision saying that restricting marriage to heterosexuals violates the constitution. Justice Smith’s husband, David Smith, is one of Prime Minister Chretien’s top advisors. In a recent Sun column, Douglas Fisher, dean of the Ottawa press gallery points out that “David Smith, former MP, recent Senate appointee and the husband of Justice Smith” is “an old hand at fast-tracking legislation.” Fisher concludes, “Surely, his redoubtable influence will speed his wife’s direction to the House of Commons into law.”
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