Canada’s Superior Court judges are taking the federal government to the Federal Court , where one of the esteemed justices will rule on whether Ottawa owes all senior judges a $28,000 pay rise.
So, no conflict of interest there then.
More accurately, he or she will adjudicate on whether Ottawa behaved in a “constitutionally defective” manner when it ignored the recommendation of an independent commission to award a pay increase, on top of index-linked raises.
The judges’ association claims the case is not about the money — a clear indicator that it is absolutely about the money — but, rather, it is about protecting Canadian democracy.
