Two seats open up on the Supreme Court

Let's see if the supposedly Conservative PM  is who he professes to be.   I am already bracing myself for more disappointments.

The door has opened for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to put his own stamp on the justice system, with two Supreme Court of Canada justices announcing their retirement and others expected to follow in the near future.

By the end of the government's current four-year term, at least six of the nine justices on the nation's top court will be nominated by Harper.

The justices are required to retire when they turn 75, but Justice Ian Binnie and Justice Louise Charron have both announced they plan to retire by Aug. 30, before the age of mandatory retirement.....

h/t: MF