Informal language rules okay for top court judges, Lametti says as Justice Committee probes latest Supreme Court pick

‘We have a process in which functional bilingualism is a criterion, but it’s not legal, and I would prefer’ for it to remain that way, says Justice Minister David Lametti.

Justice Minister David Lametti says he sees no need for a legally entrenched bilingualism requirement in the nomination process for Supreme Court of Canada justices, and that the informal process now already 'puts a high premium on functional bilingualism.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NINA RUSSELL

July 25, 2019

Legally enshrining the need for potential Supreme Court of Canada justices to be bilingual isn't necessary, Justice Minister David Lametti told a House of Commons committee July 25, as it convened for a special hearing on the prime minister's newest pick for the country's top court.

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