LeDrew Rant - Activist Judges Are Overruling Elected Officials: When Courts Push Aside Democracy

Stephen LeDrew examines the growing tension between democratic decision-making and judicial power in Canada. Using the Air Canada flight attendant labour dispute as a case study, he highlights how workers endured years of low wages while executives earned millions, yet government attempts to intervene were thwarted by a Supreme Court decision.. LeDrew argues that since the Charter of Rights, courts have increasingly taken over decisions traditionally made by elected officials—from bike lanes in Toronto to labour disputes—leaving citizens with less control over policy and accountability. He warns that this trend risks creating a society unmoored from democracy, where appointed judges dictate outcomes that should be decided by voters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.