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National Post
14-06-2025
- Politics
- National Post
Yuan Yi Zhu: Canada's tasteless, attention-seeking, unproductive chief justice
On Wednesday, Richard Wagner, the chief justice of Canada, gave his annual press conference, intending to talk at length about his manifold achievements throughout the year. But he became visibly uncomfortable when National Post reporter Christopher Nardi asked him why the Supreme Court refuses disclose the identity of the donor of a bust of Wagner that is on display in the lobby of the Supreme Court. Article content Article content The head of what is supposedly 'one of the world's most transparent and accessible apex courts' said that he had no idea who paid for the bust, and claimed that it was put on public display before his retirement at the artist's request (the sculptor has denied this). Article content Article content Article content When pressed on his non-answer, he began to ramble about the pens and ties he's received as token gifts from foreign judges, instead of his bust, which cost around $18,000. Pressed again, he denied even knowing whether the bust was a gift or not. 'I don't know who paid for that, so how can there be a conflict of interest?' he finally said with a contemptuous shrug, his customary bonhomie having all but vanished. Article content Wagner's evident discomfort at the question is understandable. Putting aside the obvious conflicts of interest and ethical problems involved, it is both unprecedented and deeply vulgar for a sitting Canadian judge to have a sculpture of himself in his court's lobby, a decision he must have personally endorsed, and which, as far as I know, has no parallel in any other court in the common law world. Article content Article content Nor is the bust the only instance of the chief justice's seemingly insatiable appetite for personal publicity. Until recently, next to the bust in the lobby was a display featuring documents and photos of his time as administrator of the Government of Canada (the chief justice stands in when there is no governor general), a non-job that Wagner appears determined to publicly memorialize. And visitors to the court's new website are welcomed with a large picture of Wagner, almost three times as big as the one on the old website. Article content
Ottawa Citizen
24-04-2025
- Business
- Ottawa Citizen
Bettors strongly back Conservative win, despite a Liberal polling lead
Article content Parliamentary bureau chief Stuart Thomson talks to reporter Christopher Nardi about why bettors might be putting money on the Conservative party, despite national polls showing the party several points behind the Liberals. Article content Article content A recent Postmedia-Leger poll last week found that the Liberals are hanging onto the lead in the federal election with 43 per cent of support nationally, five points ahead of the Conservatives who are at 38 per cent support. Article content But the sports betting site FanDuel, which only operates in Ontario and carries odds for political events, says that 70 per cent of the bets placed on the winner of the federal election are on the Conservative party, with only 28 per cent of bettors wagering on the Liberals. The company says that more than 80 per cent of the bets on the Conservatives were placed after March 25, when the election was underway and the Liberals were pulling away as favourites.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Liberals are up in the polls but the public is betting on the Conservatives
Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson talks to reporter Christopher Nardi about why bettors might be putting money on the Conservative party, despite national polls showing the party several points behind the Liberals. A recent Postmedia-Leger poll last week found that the Liberals are hanging onto the lead in the federal election with 43 per cent of support nationally, five points ahead of the Conservatives who are at 38 per cent support. But the sports betting site FanDuel, which carries odds for political events, says that 70 per cent of the bets placed on the winner of the federal election are on the Conservative party, with only 28 per cent of bettors wagering on the Liberals. The company says that more than 80 per cent of the bets on the Conservatives were placed after March 25, when the election was underway and the Liberals were pulling away as favourites. Canadians go to the polls on April 28. National Post Get more deep-dive National Post political coverage and analysis in your inbox with the Political Hack newsletter, where Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson and political analyst Tasha Kheiriddin get at what's really going on behind the scenes on Parliament Hill every Wednesday and Friday, exclusively for subscribers. Sign up here. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here.
Vancouver Sun
24-04-2025
- Business
- Vancouver Sun
The Liberals are up in the polls but the public is betting on the Conservatives
Article content Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson talks to reporter Christopher Nardi about why bettors might be putting money on the Conservative party, despite national polls showing the party several points behind the Liberals. Article content Article content A recent Postmedia-Leger poll last week found that the Liberals are hanging onto the lead in the federal election with 43 per cent of support nationally, five points ahead of the Conservatives who are at 38 per cent support. Article content But the sports betting site FanDuel, which carries odds for political events, says that 70 per cent of the bets placed on the winner of the federal election are on the Conservative party, with only 28 per cent of bettors wagering on the Liberals. The company says that more than 80 per cent of the bets on the Conservatives were placed after March 25, when the election was underway and the Liberals were pulling away as favourites. Article content Canadians go to the polls on April 28.
Calgary Herald
24-04-2025
- Business
- Calgary Herald
The Liberals are up in the polls but the public is betting on the Conservatives
Article content Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson talks to reporter Christopher Nardi about why bettors might be putting money on the Conservative party, despite national polls showing the party several points behind the Liberals. Article content A recent Postmedia-Leger poll last week found that the Liberals are hanging onto the lead in the federal election with 43 per cent of support nationally, five points ahead of the Conservatives who are at 38 per cent support. Article content Article content But the sports betting site FanDuel, which carries odds for political events, says that 70 per cent of the bets placed on the winner of the federal election are on the Conservative party, with only 28 per cent of bettors wagering on the Liberals. The company says that more than 80 per cent of the bets on the Conservatives were placed after March 25, when the election was underway and the Liberals were pulling away as favourites. Article content Article content
