Canada's Supreme Court

One of the many differences between our nation and the US comes in looking at the Supreme Court.  Here is the shortlist Harper is looking at:

The short list for the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada includes names that might not be expected to soothe the arch-conservative breast.  One is a judge who approved a patent on a living animal, another supported Charter rights for gays, and the third is an academic married to an New Democratic Party strategist.

It's probably not quite as bad as that, but there is clearly no Alito or Roberts in the mix...