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The Supreme Court of Canada announced this week that its chief justice, Richard Wagner, would soon be embarking on a public relations tour of Yellowknife, N.W.T.

Along with two other justices — Nicholas Kasirer and Michelle O’Bonsawin — he’ll spend two days gladhanding with high school students, meeting with Indigenous elders and hosting forums about the glories of Canada’s highest court.

“The Supreme Court of Canada is one of the country’s most significant institutions,” reads an official media release, which adds that Yellowknifers will be informed about how the court is the stoic guarantor of their “strong and secure democratic country.”

Sitting judges do not traditionally embark on PR tours. Not in Canada, nor in any other corner of the English-speaking world. For much of

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