Finally — new Supreme Court justice doesn’t think he’s above Parliament

National Post: So the country has gained a judge modest about his own authority and generous toward the elected branches he will be tempted to overrule. That is the right disposition for the job, and rarer than it should be. The only honest test of whether you believe in judicial restraint is whether you still want it when the next ruling goes against you. Joyal passed that test years ago, when it cost him. The question is whether the rest of us can…