“No matter where we are in society, no matter how far we move up, we always have to remember where we come from.” - Michelle O’Bonsawin (The Globe and Mail, August 2022) Introduction On September 1st, 2022, Michelle O’Bonsawin was sworn into office at the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”). Justice O’Bonsawin was appointed by […]
Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law by Beverley McLachlin Simon & Schuster, 373 pages, $39.99 The days of a Supreme Court Justice are long. Filled with hours of research, reading, and writing. It’s not the typical sunset career one may dream of. It takes a special type of person. So, it […]
Post 4/9 in TheCourt.ca’s Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019) Justice Andromache Karakatsanis is the Supreme Court of Canada’s (“the Court” or “SCC”) fourth most senior justice and one of four female judges on the SCC. Her Honour was appointed by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper in October 2011 after a landmark career in the public […]
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 to mind. … First, I want a justice system that delivers quality justice in a timely and efficient fashion. … Second, I want a justice […]
Post 2/9 in TheCourt.ca's Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019). Judges in my country have until they are seventy-five [before they must step down from the bench]. We are independent and have tenure until then so that we can be impartial, risk being unpopular, and be able to do things that protect minorities. Judges are not […]
Post 1/9 in TheCourt.ca's Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019). In this Guest Post, Student-at-Law Heather Donkers discusses the Chief Justice's career as a member of the Quebec civil bar and priorities in leading the Supreme Court of Canada. Since his appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Court”) in 2012, now-Chief Justice Richard Wagner […]
