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05-14-2006, 04:36 PM
Michael Coren
The Toronto Sun
13 May 06
In case you wonder why Stephen Harper limits media access to his government, witness this week's attempt to skewer Saskatchewan MP Maurice Vellacott.
The highly respected politician dared to tell the CBC that, "I don't think it is the role of the judge, whether left or right or conservative or whatever stripe, to actually figure to play the position of God."
Then, speaking specifically of Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, he said that "she herself said actually when they step into this role that suddenly there's some kind of mystical power that comes over them, with everything that they've ever decreed not to be questioned.
"They actually have the discernment and almost prophetic ability to plumb and know the mind of the public."
More (http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Coren_Michael/2006/05/13/1577562.html)
The Toronto Sun
13 May 06
In case you wonder why Stephen Harper limits media access to his government, witness this week's attempt to skewer Saskatchewan MP Maurice Vellacott.
The highly respected politician dared to tell the CBC that, "I don't think it is the role of the judge, whether left or right or conservative or whatever stripe, to actually figure to play the position of God."
Then, speaking specifically of Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, he said that "she herself said actually when they step into this role that suddenly there's some kind of mystical power that comes over them, with everything that they've ever decreed not to be questioned.
"They actually have the discernment and almost prophetic ability to plumb and know the mind of the public."
More (http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Coren_Michael/2006/05/13/1577562.html)