Tue Dec 6, 2022 – 6:13 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — A former Canadian Supreme Court justice has put his support behind the province of Alberta’s newly tabled “Sovereignty Act,” which if passed would prevent “unconstitutional” federal government overreach into matters of provincial jurisdiction.
In response to Premier Danielle Smith’s tabling of her much anticipated Sovereignty Act last week – which drew the ire of the mainstream media and left-leaning critics – former Canadian Supreme Court Justice John C. Major reacted asking, “what’s so terrible about the province saying, ‘if you want to impose on us, you better be sure you’re doing it constitutionally?’”
Major said that he did not find the act to be “radical” – as has been suggested by many, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – adding, “I don’t find that [act] particularly alarming.”
He also noted that the act, if used by the legislature, could face scrutiny by Canada’s Supreme Court, but the onus would be on the court to show whether the province’s use of the act contravenes the constitution, not the other way around.
Major was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1992 and retired on Christmas Day,
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