Keep it independent

Dear Editor:

The Ontario government is refusing to meet with organizations representing thousands of lawyers to discuss Premier Doug Ford’s desire for “like-minded judges.”

The Doug Ford-led Conservative, provincial government is refusing to meet with anyone, including professional law organizations within Ontario regarding the government’s recent changes to how judges are appointed.

This is one of the most dangerous things that they have ever done. Independent appointments are key to keeping a judicial system that works for all of the people of Ontario and not for a political boss. You only have to look south of our border to see a farce of a legal system where there is no “one justice for all” and how non-independent judges can totally train wreck the personal lives of all of their citizens.

I call on our provincial representative to object to this and vote against it. I also remind our federal representative to never consider a similar move federally.

Governments are to work for the people, not the politicians.

Thomas Althouse,
Fergus