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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/harper-and-the-judiciary.jpg2000700Historically, the federal government’s judicial appointments to the provincial superior trial courts, provincial courts of appeal and the Federal Court have generated less scrutiny than appointments to the Supreme Court. Under the Harper government, though, appointments to courts below the Supreme Court have drawn considerable attention. Most often analyses point to how things are different […]