There is that ― the former Chief Justice keeps talking about a "21st century justice system", but never once says what that actually looks like. But there's more, too.
There's the fact that she was the head of the judicial branch for 17 years, and a member of the Supreme Court for 10 years before that, and a Chief Justice of a provincial superior court for a spell before that, yet writes in a "truth to power" voice.
There's the hypocrisy of a judge who repeatedly signed onto or authored opinions urging judicial deference to bureaucrats saying that "If [administrative tribunals] make mistakes, reviewing courts correct them."
And there's the fact that Chief Justice McLachlin should really be explaining how she continues to be associated with a court expected to rubber-stamp the decisions of the Chinese dictatorship ― but instead gets on her moral high horse to lecture us about access to justice.
I suppose it must be difficult for a person used to be the centre of rapt attention and admiration to recede into obscurity. But that's what retired #SCC judges should do.
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