Press Release Department: Federal - Justice Canada

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.), Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) and Ellen Filippelli, Executive Director of the First Peoples Justice Center of Montréal (FPJCM) announced funding to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system and provide community-based justice services to Indigenous peoples … Read more

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.), Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller (Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Sœurs, Que.), Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, and Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess First Nation announced the appointment of Kimberly Murray as Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and … Read more

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.) announced a judicial appointment in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador: The Honourable Daniel Boone, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador in St. John’s, is appointed a Judge of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador. The … Read more

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.); Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance Randy Boissonnault (Edmonton Centre, Alta.); Jeff Surtees, executive director from the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta; and Mary Troszko, executive director from the Community Legal Education Association of Manitoba; announced funding for two projects that support the implementation of … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Gary Anandasangaree (Scarborough—Rouge Park, Ont.), Liberal MP Taleed Noormohamed (Vancouver Granville, B.C.) and Violet Fuller, executive director of the Yeqox Nilin Justice Society (YNJS), announced funding to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system and provide community-based justice services to … Read more

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.) announcesd judicial appointments in the province of Ontario: Peter. J. Osborne, Partner at Lenczner Slaght LLP in Toronto, is appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto.  Suzan Fraser, Principal Lawyer at Fraser Advocacy in Toronto, is appointed a … Read more

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.) and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced that Governor General Mary Simon, on the advice of the Queen’s Privy Council, issued a proclamation amending the Constitution of Canada to repeal section 24 of the Saskatchewan Act, retroactive to 1966. By repealing … Read more

Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada and Chairperson of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC), and Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.) signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) on judicial governance and judicial education. The MOU on judicial governance recognizes that the principle of judicial independence includes the independence of the CJC in … Read more

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.) announced a judicial appointment in the province of Québec: Céline Legendre, Partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Montréal, is appointed a puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec for the district of Montréal. The full release is available online. Call 613-992-6568.  

Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que.) and Rochelle Squires, Minister of Families, Accessibility and Francophone Affairs of Manitoba, announced over $1.6 million in funding to support the Province of Manitoba towards the implementation of the official language rights provision of the Divorce Act that came into force in Manitoba on March 1, … Read more