CANADIAN SC NOMINATIONS PROCESS

The Globe and Mail reports:

A parliamentary committee is badly split over altering the appointment process for Supreme Court justices, but it has agreed on one key issue: creating a committee of eminent jurists, leaders of the bar and members of Parliament to submit a short list of judicial candidates.

Some parliamentarians want provincial governments to have a say in drawing up lists of nominees, and others want a formal parliamentary screening process. The governing liberals haven't embraced these proposals. For some anti-screening arguments, see this editorial from the Toronto Star. Apparently, the thought of hearings on SC nominations makes some parliamentarians cast worried looks southward.

See also here and here.