Commentary
To understand how politicized Canada’s courts have become, one must understand how judges once viewed their role—not as policymakers, but interpreters of laws and the Constitution.
The justice statue at the Supreme Court of Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 17, 2021. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Bronwyn Eyre
Author
Hon. Bronwyn Eyre, LLB, is a senior fellow with the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy, Saskatchewan’s former minister of justice and attorney general—the first female to hold each position—and a former long-serving minister of energy.