Officers of Parliament appointment process should be similar to Supreme Court justices appointments, say opposition justice critics

Opposition MPs accuse Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of failing to seek their input before appointing officers of Parliament.

In the coming months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appoint a new ethics and conflict of interest commissioner to replace Mary Dawson; the chief electoral officer to replace Marc Mayrand; the commissioner of official languages to replace Graham Fraser; and the access to information commissioner to replace Suzanne Legault. Opposition MPs say the prime minister should bring in the same process to appoint officers of Parliament as he uses to appoint Supreme Court justices.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and file photographs

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BY ABBAS RANA

December 11, 2017

The government should use the same process it uses to appoint Supreme Court justices to appoint officers of Parliament because it involves all federal political parties and stakeholders at the federal and provincial levels as well as legal stakeholders, say opposition MPs. “These are important pl...

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