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Jul 17, 2026
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Bill 21 brings Chief Justice Richard Wagner to the decision of a lifetime
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Wagner’s opus
The Supreme Court’s Chief Justice has a country-shaping, career-defining judgment ahead in Bill 21. Here’s how he got there
DAVID EBNER
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Richard Wagner was 18 when he watched his father’s dreams collapse in defeat.
In 1976, Claude Wagner arrived in Ottawa at the federal Progressive Conservative convention as the front-runner to become the party’s new leader, the one to unseat Pierre Trudeau as prime minister.
Voting started at noon on…
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