This is a wonderful pick for Governor General. Based on her record I expect she'll be a strong, independent GG.
It is rare that the Governor General ever has to stand up and do the right thing. The last time we needed this (and didn't get it) was under Stephen Harper.
Plus I love that Carney appointed a jurist. Would be great if that became a precedent for others to follow.
On Friday I had a consent motion. It was an easy day for the judge, just four cases on the list.
But there was a self-rep represented by his nutty dad, so the judge let him go first, smiling into the Zoom camera and wasting everyone's time. Two previous judges had told the father that couldn't represent their adult child, a person who was under no disability, but of course the presiding judge let him speak just because.
90 minutes later the judge finished up with the nutty dad, and then we moved on to actual cases.
This keeps happening. It will never stop. Meanwhile, every year the province's senior judge lectures the bar about the costs of litigation and keeping the fees down.
It never ends.