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Justice Laskin makes attaok

By JIM POLING . ,. OTTAWA (RP( I Justice Bora Laskin made a rare public attack on @ Court of. Canada tice Wednesday, saying that allegations of bias in the court are reckless. exduding Invyers aad law wyers iw professors, of lending their credentials to a poisonous proposition” which has never been true in Canada. “I have to be more sad than angry to read of an teeling ass that we are ‘acting as spear era for the federal prime minister’

" ve)! the chief justice told the ‘opening

dinner of a legal seminar for journalists. . “'T donot represent the fed-

‘eral government, nor do I

:Sepresent Ontario, my home " | represent no one

iat myself ...,

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Keable Commission - to appeal

shutdown of _ inquiry

MONTREAL (CP) — Law- yers for the Keable com- mission are scheduled to

Keable commission: re- seagcher, Hubert:

Mr, Justice Pare said |

provincial and Montreal police, who ob tained the papers from the Mounties in an informa ie . abaring arrangement five ey ing tam tothe, cruniseion without first

-in Apeil witil late June, For a case to

be moved up from the place normally ;

December’. Meanwhile, the Keable commission's federal

a 3 # 3 3

break-in at a leftwing Montreal news agency. Testimony is expected from five witnosses. All have already appeared before the

Keable commisaion.. The scheduled. witnesses are: RCMP Staff. Sgt.

retired Queboc

flice director Maurice St. ierre, Montreal Urban a at ou

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' He added that he hopes that the allegations are only momentary aberrations. that later will be seen as in- defensible reactions to a taut social and political climate, - Recent decisions of the nineman final appeal court have brought charges from some quarters that the judges are biased toward federalism. Much of | the criticesm has been derected at recent decisions striking down Quebec's attempts to take over cable television and Saskatchewan law establishing a mineral in- come tax and crude: ofl royalty charge.

DEPLORES JUDGMENT

Laskin said he deplores that the public and the media are too ready to judge the court on a particular case. More provincial legislation

was brought before the court for assessment of validity than federal legislation. . He added that ruling provincial legislation un-

‘constitutional does not

necessarily result in ‘an increase in federal power. Also, in many cases

‘provincial legislation was

not invalidated, merely restricted so as not to en- croach on federal jurisdic-

on. - it & embarraselng for him

to: have to make that defence, he said, and he will not repeat it for a long ilme. He made it because there “appears to be appalling ignorance or reckless assessment of the judicial office by some sections of the public.”

Laskin also repeated criticiam levelled at the news media one year ago.

mation for the ministry education, said Wednesda

Recommendations to he released next week

director of infor- of Vancouver or Victoria.”. uses radio ani of He sald consideration for deliver university lectures, , the televised portion would -

Addressing the annual dinner of The Canadian Pres then, he accused the media of grave neglect in riot paying more attention to the court.

Wednesday, he - said Supreme Court judgments do not cease to be news the day after they are rendered.

“They are not examples of the instant obsolescence that ig characteristic of many items of news carried in our

news services," .

He added in a question period that he would like to ee fulltime court . either with a legal education on at least on-the-job training, As yet, there were no journalists allowed

enough time to become .

proficient: in coverage of the court, .

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