🇨🇦 Wagner refuses to recuse himself from Emergencies Act appeal despite calling Freedom Convoy the start of anarchy

Chief Justice Richard Wagner brushed aside a recusal request from Canadian Frontline Nurses after he publicly labeled the 2022 convoy protesters as remote-controlled anarchists who took Ottawa hostage. His registrar confirmed Wednesday that Wagner sees no bias issue because he technically never commented on the Emergencies Act itself — just the protesters whose rights were crushed under it. A stunning piece of judicial hair-splitting.

The Supreme Court is now deciding whether to hear Ottawa's appeal after two lower courts ruled Trudeau's invocation was unjustified. Wagner gets to weigh in on whether state overreach was lawful after already declaring the victims were lawless hostage-takers. This is the same judiciary Canadians are supposed to trust as an independent check on executive power. The fix isn't even hidden anymore.

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