Tories upset over past partisan comments from Supreme Court advisory board member

The Twitter account of Susan Ursel, a member of the ‘non-partisan’ advisory panel for selecting Supreme Court judge candidates, contains a number of anti-Conservative tweets.

Comments made on social media by Susan Ursel, left, a member of the Supreme Court advisory board, has Conservative MP Michael Cooper calling on Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to justify how someone with 'recent partisan engagement ended up being on an advisory committee that is supposed to be independent and non-partisan in nature.' Photograph courtesy of Susan Ursel's LinkedIn/The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and Andrew Meade

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

August 29, 2016

The Conservatives are calling foul on partisan social media commentary from a member of the government’s advisory board for selecting Supreme Court judge candidates, saying her past Twitter activity compromises the government's promise that the board would be "non-partisan." The Twitter account...

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