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Article: Chief Justice (Antonio Lamer) shocks Canada: the rule of opinion polls.
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- September 1, 1998
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Lamer shocked many this winter by an admission that he voted to strike down Canada's existing abortion law in the Morgentaler ruling of 1988 because he thought that this was what the public wanted. "Unless you have a vast majority of people to think something is criminal, you should not make it a crime," he declared at a conference in February 1998 at the University of Toronto. Justice Lamer made his remarks while explaining why he thinks that public confirmation hearings of those nominated to the highest court won't work. While he claims personal opposition to abortion, his views as so stated during a confirmation hearing would have ...