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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/harper-and-the-judiciary.jpg2000700When Stephen Harper’s Conservatives took office, there was more public dissatisfaction with judicial activism than various legal and societal elites were often aware of. Despite occasional calls for greater transparency, these elites were relatively happy with the results of past processes that had led to the appointment of a group of judges with limited ideological […]