Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 29, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free 1981 11 Rumo mongers flourished during courts Long silence Ottawa up five months of silence and speculation ended yesterday when the nine justices of the supreme court of Canada ruled on the legality of prime minister Trudeau constitutional the silence came from the which heard the Case last when a reporter collared Justice Willard Estey at a july Garden party and asked when the constitutional judgment could be expect Estey wheeled and walked the speculation came from places like the Justice whose from their windows facing the supreme court watch the justices close unforgivable Gaffe any change in habit was observed closely by the if the justices arrived did this mean they were working on the judgment if they left did this mean they had completed it if a conservative Justice and a Liberal Justice took a stroll together at did this signal an accommodation on the Issue the justices Are intensely social and Are frequently seen at events in the Capi it is considered an unforgivable Gaffe to talk to them about a court so reporters and politicians tried to read mood did that smile mean Hes going the Federal Way All this produced an incredible welter of last someone in the privy coun cil office told a reporter he had it on Good authority the judgment would be to 2 for the but someone in the Justice department told another reporter on the same Day that it would be 7 to 2 for Trudeau he was even less reliable than the rumours is analysis of the questions the justices asked in court during the five Day hearing last sometimes they were simply As last Spring when attorney general Roy Mcmurtry of Ontario argued in favor of the Federal proposition that Ottawa does not need any provincial consent to Amend the Justice Ronald who will retire next february when he becomes asked Mcmurtry whether this meant Ottawa could abolish the provinces and create a unitary Mcmurtry gulped and said it Justice Roland asked whether it also meant Ottawa could impose official bilingualism on to be Mcmurtry had to say but laughter swept the courtroom As he part of the Price Trudeau had to pay for Ontario support was not Mak ing the province officially Martland and the oldest jus Are the cutting Edge of the courts conservative the Liberal Wing is led by chief Justice Bora who will be 60 he is known As the great dissenter for his powerful minority before Justice Wishart Spence retired a couple of years Spence and Justice Brian were known As the Ltd connection because of their groundbreaking the most gregarious and approachable member of a slightly forbid Ding group lawyers new to the court sometimes faint or throw up with anxiety the justices can and often do devastate an has apparently replaced Spence on the Liberal pro Federal tendency As Manitoba lawyer Kerr twaddle car ried the provincial argument for several hours last in a stage Whis per heard around the said to Justice Julien Chouinard i think its about time we asked this Guy How much More he has to the justices dont like Windy was the Only Justice appointed by Joe Clark when he was prime Martland and Ritchie were appointed by John Diefenbaker in the late Dickson and Estey were appointed by so were justices Jean who counselled Trudeau on constitutional matters in the 1960s Wil conservative Wing Liam the Only Justice from the West coast and Antonio a Lawa Dorder Man who presided Over the Fly terrorist trials in the Early the courts rulings tend to be proved eral but Legal students say this is because the who ruled on constitutional conflict in Canada for the first half of the country tended to strengthen provincial Powers at the expense of Otta they say that the supreme court has been simply redressing the politicians in Quebec and Western can Ada have occasionally charged that the court has an Ottawa but in a Public speech two years called such charges reckless and t do not represent the Federal government nor do 1 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British govern ment for Patria Tion of the the British North America it seemed Clear from Justice minister Jean Chretien televised Ottawa news carried live at can Ada House that the Canadian government intends to make that request but the timing is not said one of several foreign office officials who were at Canada House for the watching the Csc Broad cast of the supreme court proceedings and Chretien news conference were mar tin head of the for eign offices North american department Vivian Hughes of the Canada and a senior foreign office Legal berth out sped off to his office after the ruling for a Telephone conversation with the British High commission in but he returned later to catch Chretien news the supreme court said the constitutional containing a charter of rights and an amending interferes with provincial rights and that there is an established tradition under the Federal system of seeking provincial agreement in Advance of such but the court said Ottawa is legally Able to 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