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- Title
A Reflection of Canadian Society?AnAnalysis of FederalAppointments to Provincial Superior Courts by the Liberal Government of Justin Trudeau.
- Authors
Crandall, Erin
- Abstract
Recent reforms to Canada’s system of federal judicial appointments have sought to make the process more transparent and better able to produce a bench reflective of the society it serves. This paper reviews these reforms and using judicial appointment data (2016–2020), considers whether the Liberal government has met these objectives. The relationship between official bilingualism and representation on the bench is also considered. The paper finds that “diversity” on Canada’s federally appointed provincial courts remains unbalanced. While women have made up the majority of appointments since the Trudeau Liberals formed government in 2015, other equity-deserving groups, like people of colour and people with disabilities, have been appointed in numbers below their proportion of the Canadian population. Additionally, an analysis of the official language skillsets of judicial appointees offers tentative evidence that there may be challenges to fostering a judicial branch that is both representative and officially bilingual.
- Subjects
CANADA; JUDICIAL selection &; appointment; BILINGUALISM; LIBERALS; LIBERALISM
- Publication
Dalhousie Law Journal, 2022, Vol 45, Issue 2, p359
- ISSN
0317-1663
- Publication type
Article