All federal parties should support Bloc Québécois’ Justice Committee motion to study judicial appointment process

Justice Minister David Lametti, pictured Sept. 15, 2020, denied categorically in the House that political associations played any role in the process. He said that he fills vacancies in the judiciary based only on individual candidates’ personal qualifications.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

November 16, 2020

In 2016, the Justin Trudeau Liberals reformed the judicial appointment process. As part of the new system, the government established independent Judicial Advisory Committees to make recommendations to the government on who should be appointed to vacant judicial positions across the country. It was ...

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