(CBC) Quebec Premier François Legault offered a brief shout-out on Tuesday to Quebecers “preoccupied” with the alleged bias of a judge involved in a case related to the province’s secularism law.
During a media scrum at the National Assembly, Legault was asked if public trust in the legal system could be shaken by the debate over Nicole Duval Hesler, the chief justice of the province’s Court of Appeal.
“Certainly to maintain public trust requires impartiality and the appearance of impartiality,” Legault said. “So I understand that some Quebecers are preoccupied about what the judge said.”
Later, Legault said that the separation of powers prevented him from giving his opinion, but he said again that he saw that some Quebecers were “preoccupied,” and that he understood why.
