Judicial Biography: Justice Michael J. Moldaver
Post 3/9 in TheCourt.ca’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019). If we were to ask what it is we expect from our criminal justice system there are four thoughts that come...
Category: Judicial Appointments
Judges are Human Too: Introducing TheCourt.ca’s Judicial Biography Series
Canadians can take pride in our relatively depoliticized and merit-based judicial appointment process and in the high calibre of judges who continue to make up our final court of appeal. Yet it would also be fallacious to assume that our top jurists do not approach their work with philosophies that have been shaped by their professional and judicial experiences.
Tone at the Top: Welcoming Chief Justice Wagner
You would be forgiven, said Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella at Chief Justice Richard Wagner’s swearing-in ceremony, for forgetting that it is possible for men to become the Chief Justice of...
Selecting the New Chief Justice
On December 15th, 2017, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, will retire after a long and historic career. Along with the task of selecting...
