Subhead:Even if Chief Justice Richard Wagner could make a seemingly fair and reasoned judgement regarding the Emergencies Act, “everyone would know” he already came in with his mind made up based on his past comments, Ezra said.#
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Article by Rebel News staff.
Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, holds a very high opinion of himself. Perhaps the most obvious proof of this is a bust of Wagner that has been installed in the court.
Last year, Chief Justice Wagner told the National Post he wasn’t aware of who paid for the statue, citing the mystery behind the donor as evidence he is not embroiled in a conflict of interest.
Political strategist David Knight Legg recently took a shot at Canada’s top judge, suggesting the lifelike bust should be named “‘Narcissus Canadiannus” as he made the case for Wagner to recuse himself from a Supreme Court hearing on the use of the Emergencies Act to respond to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest.
Canada’s Chief Justice Richard Wagner has installed a lifelike bronze bust of himself in our highest court.
It should be called ‘Narcissus Canadiannus”
– There is no precedent for something this vulgar in the history of the Court. It should be taken down. Richard fancies… https://t.co/R1jP7KPIH8 pic.twitter.com/fCenCvjCSd
— David Knight Legg (@KnightLegg) May 3, 2026
On Monday’s Rebel Roundup livestream, Ezra Levant shared his own thoughts on the chief justice’s duties.
