OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada won’t say which private interest paid for a lifelike bronze bust of Chief Justice Richard Wagner that sits prominently in the building’s Grand Entrance Hall, a lack of transparency that concerns legal and ethics specialists.

Visitors who enter the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) Grand Entrance Hall in Ottawa will quickly notice a detailed bust of Wagner that sits immediately to the right of the grandiose room’s main stairway leading to the main courtroom.

The lack of transparency over the lifelike bronze bust of Chief Justice Richard Wagner concerns court watchers.{ai:summary}<p>Mystery surrounds funding of bronze bust of Chief Justice Wagner in Supreme Court. Lack of transparency raises ethical concerns. #politics</p><p>Detailed bronze bust of Chief Justice Wagner catches attention in Supreme Court's Grand Entrance Hall, but source of funding remains undisclosed. #society</p>

Someone paid for a bust of Chief Justice Richard Wagner. The Supreme Court won't say who

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