Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For many years in this country, the public has demanded more input into the judicial appointment process. The federal government's response, some seven or eight years ago, was to create in every jurisdiction a judicial appointments advisory committee, composed largely of lay people who would review the resumes, I suppose, of lawyers interested in being appointed to the Supreme Court, in a given jurisdiction and would then, I suppose rate those expressions of interest or the individuals as either being qualified or unqualified. That is just a step in the appointment process. Now I understand the judicial appointments advisory committee for the Northwest Territories has met and gone over all applications on file, if I can call them that, and has made recommendations to the Minister of Justice. I do not know what those might be but I do know that part of the process has been done.
Mr. Cooper on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 18th, 1998
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Cooper
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