Save the Supreme Court’s Robes

On a guided tour of the Supreme Court, Kate and Sam were informed of Chief Justice Richard Wagner's plan to scrap the ceremonial red and white robes traditionally adorned by the Court's Justices on special occasions.  

First worn in 1875 when the Court was established, the design of the Supreme Court’s ceremonial robes (scarlet red with white fur trim) is rooted in British judicial and ceremonial dress. 

The activist Chief Justice Richard Wagner, barely 8 years on the job, has decided to single-handedly terminate 150 years of tradition. Claiming the robes should be replaced with something that “better reflects Canadian identity,” he presumes that a handful of judges know Canada better than Canadians themselves.

The philosopher Roger Scruton once wrote that, “We do not merely study the past: we inherit it, and inheritance brings with it not only the rights of ownership, but the duties of trusteeship. Things fought for and died for should not be idly squandered. For they are the property of others, who are not yet born.”

Sign this petition to tell your lawmakers and Richard Wagner that Canada should not disband with all its traditional and historic symbols.