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OTTAWA—The Conservative government has been sitting on a shortlist of three names for a new Supreme Court of Canada judge from Quebec since it was submitted in mid-August by a selection committee of parliamentarians.
The vacancy was first announced five months ago when Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin personally advised Prime Minister Stephen Harper that Morris Fish would hear no more cases after the spring session ended in June, with his retirement effective at the end of August.
Fish’s departure had long been expected — he turns 75 in November, the mandatory retirement age for high court judges — unlike the surprise exit last year of Quebec colleague Marie Deschamps at the relatively young age of 59, after 10 years on the high court.
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Tories sitting on list of judges to fill Supreme Court vacancy | Toronto Star
OTTAWA—The Conservative government has been sitting on a shortlist of three names for a new Supreme Court of Canada judge from Quebec since it was submitted in mid-August by a selection committee of parliamentarians.
The vacancy was first announced five months ago when Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin personally advised Prime Minister Stephen Harper that Morris Fish would hear no more cases after the spring session ended in June, with his retirement effective at the end of August.
Fish’s departure had long been expected — he turns 75 in November, the mandatory retirement age for high court judges — unlike the surprise exit last year of Quebec colleague Marie Deschamps at the relatively young age of 59, after 10 years on the high court.
more
Tories sitting on list of judges to fill Supreme Court vacancy | Toronto Star