KEEPING FAITH: THE NEED FOR MORE PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARIES OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Long or complicated judicial decisions don’t relieve the media of their obligation to be fair and accurate. That said, our judges are obliged to explain their decisions to all Canadians, including the media. We shouldn’t have to conquer an 880-page document or untangle multiple headlines to understand why our judges decided as they did. We should be able to quickly and easily understand how judicial decisions affect us.