Justice minister won't meet premiers' demand for 'sea change' to how judges are appointed (www.cbc.ca)

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Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has no plans to change how judges are appointed in Canada despite four premiers (Ford, Legault, Moe and Smith) writing to Prime Minister Mark Carney to ask for more of a say in the process.

"We haven't changed our point of view that we believe that the judicial appointments process is functioning," Fraser said Tuesday on his way into a cabinet meeting.

Fraser said there is already a mechanism by which the provinces can consult with the federal government over judicial appointments, and that process is working.

"If provinces want a greater role, we welcome them to take part in that consultation process when we reach out," he said.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

All you need to know is who's asking for it. It's the premiers that constantly run into Charter challenges and other issues with the courts.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 6 points 22 hours ago

Moreover, their excuse is that 80% of appointed judges (who donated to a party, shh) are Liberal. The thing is, only about 20% of judges appointed donate to parties, so about 16% are known Liberals.

The actual numbers are 76.3% and 18.3%, so it's actually closer to 14%, or about 1/7 of them, doesn't seem like it would be enough to matter in any case.