In the balance...

After Harper's recent statement regarding the Liberal hold on the Canadian senate and judiciary, the issue of judicial activism seems to have entered the fray of election debate.

I've always been a-ok with the idea that our Supreme Court justices make bold decisions that change the Canadian legal landscape. We have a charter that protects our rights and freedoms, and in the case of a really shitty decision, we have a Notwithstanding Clause that basically functions as an opt-out policy. Seeing as though most of the groundbreaking decisions were, let us say, of the leftward persuasion, I've never really had a problem with the fact that un-elected judges were changing Canadian law.

With the reality of a conservative government looming, I've gotta say that it's a bit scary to imagine what our judiciary might look like after a couple of terms. Let's hope that defendants of judicial activism don't have to eat their words.