By the time the doors of the Manitoba Law Courts opened to the public at 8:30 a.m., Rowan Greger had been standing in line for more than two hours.
Getting the Supreme Court out of the ivory tower and into the public square has been one of Richard Wagner’s goals since he took over as chief justice in 2017. Days before presiding over a courtroom usually reserved for the provincial Court of Appeal—a Manitoba case on an accused’s person’s right to a timely verdict and a civil language-rights case from B.C. were on the docket—Wagner and his eight fellow justices kicked off what was billed as their “listening tour.
Byron Williams, director of the Public Interest Law Centre, an arm’s-length office of Legal Aid Manitoba, says the court’s decision to engage with the community helps fight cynicism at a time when many Canadians are questioning the legitimacy of their institutions. “The idea that Rosalie Abella and other Supreme Court judges are out talking to people in their communities and their high schools about access to justice, I think, is remarkable,” says Williams.
Wagner addressed the representation issue by acknowledging the obvious. While a lack of diversity doesn’t affect the court’s decisions, he said, “people should see themselves in their courts and in the Supreme Court.”
I dunno how I feel about this. We shouldn’t politicize the court or turn them into heroes, villains or rockstars.
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