It is not a constitutional case, in the sense of constitutional law, but the unwritten constitution had a tremendous impact on the SCC’s recent decision overturning lower court decisions requiring the release of Premier Doug Ford’s ministerial mandate letters under the provincial freedom of information (FOI) law.
Our whole Westminister Parliamentary System is based much on convention and frankly it works. I agree with SCC. And as a Canadian raised in Winnipeg North Centre where Mr. Parliament, MP Stanley Knowles was my MP, I value convention. The out of control criticisms in our Parliament question periods show how ignoring common sense leads us to a fractured democracy.
So, political parties can now run campaigns with no publicly stated platform and never have to tell anyone how that will be implimented.
Our whole Westminister Parliamentary System is based much on convention and frankly it works. I agree with SCC. And as a Canadian raised in Winnipeg North Centre where Mr. Parliament, MP Stanley Knowles was my MP, I value convention. The out of control criticisms in our Parliament question periods show how ignoring common sense leads us to a fractured democracy.
Great read and analysis. Thanks