(CBC) A Quebec historian has launched a formal complaint against the chief justice of the province’s Court of Appeal over comments she made about the province’s religious symbols law.
Frédéric Bastien, who teaches history at Dawson College, said taken together, Justice Nicole Duval Hesler’s comments and actions show she has a political bias against Bill 21.
He revealed via Facebook that he has filed a complaint with Canada’s judicial council, the body responsible for disciplining federally appointed judges.
“A judge should not enter the political fray. She should speak when she renders a judgment, and in between judgments she should be as discrete as possible,” he said in an interview.
