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Smith responded Friday to criticism the government’s action represents an erosion of democracy. She said elected officials were doing their jobs and, if they got it wrong, they’ll “hear about it at the polls.”
“Unelected judges making decisions, without any oversight, and without having to go to the people to get the democratic endorsement of their view — that’s not democracy. When elected officials make decisions, that’s democracy,” Smith said in Calgary.
“That is the reason why we are asking the courts to be a little more constrained. Because there are areas that fall very clearly into the realm of elected officials.”
Opposition NDP justice critic Irfan Sabir said Smith is trying to position herself as being above the law.
“In Canada, courts and the judicial system exist to uphold the rule of law and provide checks on government power, which is essential to the functioning of democracy,” Sabir said.
“The premier’s statement shows either a profound lack of understanding of how the judiciary works in Canada or a wilful disregard for the Constitution of Canada.”
Somebody has been watching too much Republicans down south.