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Advisory body was 'very keen' to have Indigenous Supreme Court candidate: Campbell | iNFOnews


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Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Mahmud Jamal is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Office of the Commissioner Federal Judicial Affairs Canada, Judicial Appointments Secretariat, MANDATORY CREDIT
June 22, 2021 - 4:05 PM
OTTAWA - The head of an independent advisory board on Supreme Court appointments said the body was very keen to find an Indigenous candidate to fill the latest vacancy.
But Kim Campbell suggested at a House of Commons committee Tuesday the need to be functionally bilingual limited the scope of choice.
Campbell, a former prime minister and justice minister, indicated that relatively junior judges or lawyers were among the bilingual Indigenous possibilities for the top court. ....

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