i hear many voices commenting on current events in my usual radio wandering and there are a few that i really always appreciate:
the already mentioned michael byers from ubc; louise arbour, a jurist who has held many important positions in canadian and international law including justice of the supreme court and chief prosecutor of the international criminal court in the hague; and bob ray, an experienced political veteran who has been premier of ontario and subsequently held many offices representing canada at the federal level.
what these observers probably most have in common is a belief that justice is the most important element of governance at every level and so, at this time in our political evolution, that interest is best served by principles operating most effectively in states and world organizations that ascribe to a policy of social democracy with a distributive economy. the largest body with an overall framework that supports that system is the present european union, a body not often credited with the great success it should be in ultimately overcoming the less noble ambitions of many of its members.
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