Not really, it happens pretty often that the supreme court rules against what would be the wish of the government and it’s pretty sad that a Canadian would believe otherwise.
supreme court rules against what would be the wish of the government
Can you site an example of that? I mean where the supreme court rules that the legislature can’t do something that it tried to do. Not just the executive excercising power it doesn’t have. From my understanding, in the Canadian system the legislature effectively has absolute power as it is the directly elected body and meant to represent the will of the people.
Not really, it happens pretty often that the supreme court rules against what would be the wish of the government and it’s pretty sad that a Canadian would believe otherwise.
Can you site an example of that? I mean where the supreme court rules that the legislature can’t do something that it tried to do. Not just the executive excercising power it doesn’t have. From my understanding, in the Canadian system the legislature effectively has absolute power as it is the directly elected body and meant to represent the will of the people.
How about one from just a month and a half ago?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-scoc-ruling-1.6995962
And their multiple rulings on minimum sentences and sentences adding up (like in the USA) and so on…