During a court proceeding, Justice Joyal had criticized the behaviour of Members during a Question Period, when Members had cheered and applauded the announcement of the dismissal of the chairman of the Canadian Labour Relations Board by Lawrence MacAulay (Minister of Labour) (Justice Joyal had compared them to the crowds around the guillotine during the French Revolution).
Dans le cadre d’une instance, le juge Joyal avait critiqué le comportement des députés pendant une période des questions (Il les avait comparés aux gens assemblés autour de la guillotine pendant la Révolution française).