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Jun 17, 2021 · 2:00. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominates Justice Mahmud Jamal for the Supreme Court, making him the first person of colour to receive a nomination. He said his hybrid religious and cultural ...
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The Supreme Court of Canada is recognized nationally and internationally for its excellence.
August 6, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Justice Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is recognized nationally and internationally for its excellence. To continue to improve upon this tradition, in 2016 the government introduced an open and transparent process to appoint a justice of the highest calibre who would be functionally bilingual and representative of the diversity of our great country. It is this process that led to the appointment of Justice Mahmud Jamal to the Supreme Court of Canada on July 1, 2021.
In keeping with the openness and transparency of the new process, the Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments was required to submit its report on the selection process to the Government of Canada within a month of the appointment of Justice Jamal.
On July 28, 2021, the Chair of the Advisory Board, the Right Honourable Kim Campbell, provided the Government with its Report on the 2021 Process.
The report includes, among other things:
•The Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments was first established in August 2016. It is an independent and non-partisan body whose mandate is to provide non-binding, merit-based recommendations to the Prime Minister on Supreme Court of Canada appointments. The members of the Advisory Board were announced in February 2021.
The Advisory Board is supported by the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs.
Upon receiving the shortlist of potential nominees, the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, undertook a careful, rigorous and thorough process of review and consultation.
On June 22, 2021, the Minister and the Chair of the Advisory Board appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to discuss the nomination. Details of the hearings are available from the Standing Committee's homepage Committee's homepage.
Current Members. was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Sullivan in 1996 and they have two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second ...
Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments members are entitled to a per diem rate which is consistent with the Remuneration Guidelines for Part-Time Governor in Council Appointees in Agencies, Boards and Commissions. This per diem range is $375-450 for members and $550-$650 for the Chairperson.
Feb 7, 2006 · The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is a board of the British Privy Council. It was formed in 1833. In 1844, it was given jurisdiction over all of Britain’s colonial courts. People who had been judges in high courts in Britain served on the Judicial Committee, along with a sprinkling of judges from the Commonwealth.
Aug 24, 2022 · Justice Michelle O'Bonsawin participates a special meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, following her nomination to the Supreme Court of Canada, in Ottawa, on Wednesday ...
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Mar 21, 2022 · The Senate Judiciary Committee held the first day of confirmation hearings for President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The judge, who currently sits on DC’s ...
