Canada’s top court has agreed to rule on whether the military’s judges are truly independent.
The Supreme Court of Canada announced its decision this morning in response to an appeal from several service members whose criminal cases are on hold.
As is customary, the court did provide any reasons or explanation for its decision to hear the case, whose genesis dates back to 2018, when the military’s top judge was charged with fraud.
While the case against Col. Mario Dutil was eventually dropped, it nonetheless set off a series of events that included a standoff between the rest of the military’s judges and then-defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance….