- 2024-05-01: Former PC Party vice-president appointed as Ontario judge. Province appointed 2 former staffers to a committee that helps select provincial judges in February
- 2025-04-28: Ontario looking to fast-track judicial appointments, add more judges to courts. Legislation will address backlog of criminal cases, attorney general says
- 2025-04-30: Ford rants about ‘bleeding-heart judges’ who are ‘overruling the government’. Ontario premier denounced bike lane injunction, suggests judges should be elected like in U.S.
- 2025-04-30: Doug Ford’s judges ‘rant’ again sparks fears over judicial independence. Premier mused about electing judges and publicly posting justices’ bail records
- 2025-05-03: Doug Ford’s attack on Ontario judges should not be shrugged off
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The separation of powers (executive, judicial, and legislative), are critically important for governance and democracy.
Branches of government must take care to not unduly influence other branches of government. The independence and impartiallity of the judiciary must be protected.