Ontario Premier Doug Ford lashed out Wednesday against “terrible, bleeding-heart” judges who he claimed are blocking the government’s agenda, musing that perhaps judges in Ontario should be elected so that they are more responsive to public sentiment.
  • caseofthematts@lemmy.world
    7·
    4 hours ago

    “We get democratically elected, and some judge slaps an injunction on bike lanes. Don’t the judges have anything better to do than worry about if we’re taking out bike lanes or not taking out bike lanes?” Ford said.

    Don’t you have anything better to do than worry about our bike lanes? You’ve got a whole province to run.

    Sometimes I feel like this guy thinks he’s the mayor of Toronto, the premier of Ontario and the prime minister all in one, with the power he thinks he has and the things he wants to do.

  • Bleys@lemmy.world
    15·
    6 hours ago

    John Oliver had a segment on how electing judges in the US is a shitshow, mainly because it forces an otherwise non-partisan job to align with a party and also forces them to spend more time campaigning and less time on their actually job.

    • Avid Amoeba
      6·
      5 hours ago

      And then when the other party is unhappy with some judge’s decision they go with “RADICAL DEMOCRAT JUDGE!”