Cotler defends Supreme Court nomination process

[CHIMO]

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Irwin Cotler spent much of Wednesday defending the Liberal's new appointment process for nominations to the Supreme Court. Prime Minister Paul Martin on Tuesday nominated Ontario Court of Appeal Justices Rosalie Abella and Louise Charron to fill vacancies in the court.

Cotler faced questions from an ad hoc committee made up mostly of parliamentarians to look at the nominations.

The panel can ask Cotler about the prime minister's choices but can't approve or veto them.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/08/25/scoc_nominees040825.html

The liberals put their foot into it and now want to appear as the supporters of the system.
What bull shit!

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1093385409370&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795

Mixing up the executive and the elected.