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The headquarters of the Department of Justice is located in Ottawa at St. Andrew's Tower (284 Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8), a modern low rise office tower built in 1987. The 53rd and current Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada is Arif Virani.
As the top prosecuting officer in Canada, 'attorney general' is a separate title held by the minister of justice—a member of the Cabinet. The minister of justice is concerned with questions of policy and their relationship to the justice system. In their role as attorney general, they are the chief law officer of the Crown. The roles have ...
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST) is a standing committee of the House of Commons of Canada.The Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, as it was then known, began their first session on February 17, 1966, under the Chair Alan John Patrick Cameron (Liberal Party of Canada). [1]
Canada's federal government introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at addressing what the justice minister called a "shameful" over-representation of Black and indigenous people in the criminal ...
King (as chief justice) The Law Society of Upper Canada (1888) High Court of Justice of Ontario (Exchequer Division) 23 Louis-Philippe Brodeur (1862–1924) Quebec: August 11, 1911 – October 9, 1923 — 12 years, 59 days — Laurier: Université Laval à Montréal, Faculté de droit (1884) Minister of the Naval Service: 24 Pierre-Basile Mignault
The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]
Resigned, after the Minister of Justice sought to remove Justice Camp from the bench [14] 14. Michel Girouard 2017 Removal [15] A re-hearing of the first inquiry conducted in 2016. [16] The full council voted 23–3 in favour of recommending to the Minister of Justice to remove Justice Girouard from office on February 20, 2018. [17]
The chief justice of Canada (French: juge en chef du Canada) is the presiding judge of the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada, the highest judicial body in Canada. As such, the chief justice is the highest-ranking judge of the Canadian court system. The Supreme Court Act makes the chief justice, a Crown in Council appointment, meaning the ...