Despite efforts by Conservative MPs to draw Glenn Joyal into political debates over court decisions on crime and gender identity, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first selection for the Supreme Court of Canada dodged most hot-button issues and struck a measured tone in a lengthy special hearing Monday, setting up his imminent appointment to Canada’s top court.
Joyal, a trilingual Manitoba justice with nearly three decades of experience, took a careful tone as he laid out his values as a judge and avoided weighing in on specific cases or massive constitutional questions that could face Canada’s top court during the two-and-a-half-hour question session with parliamentarians.
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