My favourite little subplot to this debacle is that Chief Justice Richard Wagner is also the temporary Governor General in a role officially called “Administrator of the Government of Canada”.

So not only does his ruling have potential long term ramifications for confederation and the division of powers, but he is in charge of said confederation. Has anyone heard any updates on Trudeau’s quest to find the right disabled indigenous queer to serve as the next GG? Or is Trudeau quite happy to continue on with this little arrangement where the head of the Justice system is also the head of government?