The appointment process he brought into law ensured that only properly vetted, qualified and diverse applicants would be appointed judges. Typifying their populist hunger for ultimate power and control, Premier Doug Ford and Attorney General Doug Downey have signalled their intent to gut the Judicial Advisory and Appointments Committee process. It is onto this stage that Attorney General Downey and Premier Ford have come stomping in their hobnail boots. Already, they have refused to choose from three lists of highly qualified judicial candidates vetted by the committee and instead demanded more names. This is Patronage 101, mirroring a system that has long been employed for federal judicial appointments, yet is gradually undergoing needed reform.

Source: thestar November 21, 2019 21:45 UTC