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JUDGE, JURY AND PROSECUTIONER — The government’s hot-potato appointments in the justice sector are fast becoming DOUG FORD’s next headache.
There’s been a steady drip of bad headlines dousing gasoline on the controversy.
Case in point: “More than two-thirds of the judges appointed by the Ontario government since Premier Doug Ford was elected had worked as prosecutors, a dramatic increase compared with the previous Liberal government and one that some defence lawyers say is a concerning trend for the fairness of the justice system.”
The Globe and Mail crunched the numbers and found that, “of the 107 judges named since the Progressive Conservatives came to power in 2018, 76 were either Crown attorneys or had conducted prosecutions while in private practice, a proportion that works out to 71 per cent.” Compare that to then-Liberal premier KATHLEEN WYNNE’s days — “from 2013 to 2018, Ontario announced the appointment of 122 judges. Of those, 58 — or 48 per cent — …