OTTAWA, June 11 (Lifesitenews.com) – The UN’s chief prosecutor in the International War Criminal Tribunal, Louise Arbour will replace retiring Justice Peter Cory on the Supreme Court of Canada on September 15. The appointment is a controversial one. Many believe Arbour should have been allowed to complete her four year stint as head of the UN’s court rather than leaving a year early. Also, pro-life and pro-family groups are concerned that she will only add to the judicial activism rampant in Canada’s Supreme Court, given her history. Arbour, no friend of the traditional family, has ruled in favour of common-law relationships, being in at least one herself. Arbour began living with her latest boyfriend while he was still in the midst of divorce proceedings with his former wife. Later, they decided not to marry, but nevertheless had three children together. The couple has recently separated.
According to a report in today’s National Post, “Judge Arbour declared in a 1992 insurance case that laws should not discriminate against common-law couples as compared to married couples. Some observers speculated that her own domestic arrangement was reflected in her ruling.”
Also of concern are Arbour’s globalist views. Speaking about the controversial proposal to have an International Criminal Court to prosecute what the UN sees as “human rights abuses” (which would include forced pregnancy), Arbour insisted that the ICC “would have universal jurisdiction (and) all states would be required to co-operate. It would have coercive powers that would bind states to produce documents and evidence [and] it would be armed with the ability to get evidence it needs.”
Gwen Landolt of Real Women told LifeSite that Arbour is a woman “who doesn’t let mere things like the law stand in her way.” When she took the US$250,000 (tax-free) per year job at the UN, it was illegal. In order to protect her, Justice Minister Allan Rock had to pass three orders of parliament, and amend the Judges Act.