We shouldn't pretend justice system isn't infiltrated with politics with bike-lanes decision most recent example

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Did you know that there is a charter right in Canada to a protected, separated bike lane? If you’ve read the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, you might be surprised that you missed this right, so clearly spelled out in the charter.

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Or if you live a reality-based existence, you will conclude that an activist judge recently made all of this up to use his position on the bench to push his personal political agenda.

Justice Paul Schabas recently found in favour of the applicants who had asked the court to stop the Ford government from removing certain bike lanes in Toronto. Sure, the government had promised to remove the bike lanes that were a source of controversy. And sure, the bike lane issue was debated in the election, which Ford and his PC party won, but democracy isn’t determined by voters........

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