Canadian judges, rarely criticized, even more rarely deign to answer critics. Last week octogenarian Justice Robert Maxwell Dennistoun of Manitoba's Appeal Court took exception to the rule, turned on a critic.
In February, the Winnipeg Free Press declared: "The men who occupy [the Appeal Court] do not have the collective energy to deal adequately with the litigation before them. Two of the judges, by reason of age and infirmity, are unable to discharge their duties ... a condition which approaches a public scandal."
Last week Justice Dennistoun swore in Missouri-born Ewen Alexander McPherson,...
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