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Mulroney judge to judge Mulroney

by Paul Wells on Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:04pm - 0 Comments

Kady is a few minutes faster than me in pointing out the screamingly obvious conflict of interest that should immediately disqualify the commissioner in the Mulroney-Schreiber inquiry.

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  • tc

    funny how conservatives are roasted when they question the political affiliations of judges, and yet….

  • BarryW

    Anyone know who appointed Justice Gomery?

  • Ted

    Gomery became a judge in 1982 and so would have been appointed by Trudeau on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada at the time. Now, I wonder who on earth that could have been.

    I don’t think anyone has ever accused Gomery of being biased in Chretien’s favour.

  • Ted

    On the substantive point, while I wouldn’t trust Harper with pretty much anything – he’s proven himself to be Mulroney and Chretien like in his conniving, self-promoting pursuit of power – I’m not seeing much of a problem here.

    Appointed 24 years ago and promoted 18 years ago by Mulroney isn’t enough ON ITS OWN to suggest bias. Do they golf, socialize or hunt together like, for example, USSC Justice Scalia and VP Cheney? Is there any evidence that Oliphant has even had any non-official business contact with Mulroney since he was appointed almost two decades ago?

    When every single judge is appointed by a single person, the Prime Minister, we impugn the entire system by suggesting that the appointment is all important. That is a very American (both Dems and Republicans) and a very Canadian conservative view on our judicial system.

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