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ANDREW COYNE: What is good enough for Parliament would no longer be good enough for the Supreme Court

MARK STEYN: Why should Canada’s single-language masses accept rule by their bilingual betters?

I haven’t seen a single mention of this interview with former Supreme Court Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dubé by those weighing into the debate over a law that would force nominees to the Supreme Court to be bilingual. While John Major’s opposition to the bill has been amply cited, L’Heureux-Dubé’s support for it has gone virtually unnoticed in the English media. And yet, her statements undercut one of the core arguments against the law—namely, that it’s a solution in search of a problem:

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