Article by Rebel News staff.

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Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, holds a very high opinion of himself. Perhaps the most obvious proof of this is a bust of Wagner that has been installed in the court.

Last year, Chief Justice Wagner told the National Post he wasn't aware of who paid for the statue, citing the mystery behind the donor as evidence he is not embroiled in a conflict of interest.

Political strategist David Knight Legg recently took a shot at Canada's top judge, suggesting the lifelike bust should be named “‘Narcissus Canadiannus” as he made the case for Wagner to recuse himself from a Supreme Court hearing on the use of the Emergencies Act to respond to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest.

Canada’s Chief Justice Richard Wagner has installed a lifelike bronze bust of himself in our highest court.

It should be called ‘Narcissus Canadiannus”

- There is no precedent for something this vulgar in the history of the Court. It should be taken down. Richard fancies… https://t.co/R1jP7KPIH8 pic.twitter.com/fCenCvjCSd

— David Knight Legg (@KnightLegg) May 3, 2026

On Monday's Rebel Roundup livestream, Ezra Levant shared his own thoughts on the chief justice's duties.

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“Even though they're humans, they have to be unbiased, and they have to appear to be unbiased,” he said, noting judges shouldn't be making political remarks and then “pretend to be neutral in a hearing.”

But during the Freedom Convoy protest, Justice Wagner “couldn't help himself” from weighing in, Ezra recalled.

At the time, Wagner said the protest was “a small beginning of anarchy,” suggesting “certain people decided to take other citizens hostage, to take the law into their own hands,” and asserted the convoy “must be denounced forcefully ... by all figures of power in the country.”

This led Ezra to wonder “how on earth could he preside over an appeal on those same matters?”

Even if Justice Wagner could make a seemingly fair and reasoned judgement, “everyone would know” he already came in with his mind made up, Ezra said.