News Analysis Allegations by the Conservatives that the Liberals are partial to appointing liberal-minded judges may come as no surprise to observers of Canada’s judicial system and the course it has taken. But the politicization of the courts is not only limited to the Liberals—notwithstanding the alleged extent of the practice levelled against the current government. Bruce Pardy, a law professor at Queen’s University, tells The Epoch Times that “there is a tendency for governments, not just the Liberals, to favour their own for judicial appointments.” It may even have become accepted, as evidenced in a comment by Howard Anglin, a former senior adviser to Stephen Harper. He recently sent a missive on Twitter in response to new Conservative Party data showing the Liberals appointed far more judges who have been donors to the Liberal Party than donors for other parties. “Leave it alone, CPC,” Anglin wrote. “Do you not …
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