POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Law Society, Visible Minority, Vic Toews
17 Nov 2018
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1988 process changed (though did not go as far as cba and calt recommendations) Special advisor to justice minister changed to commissioner for federal judicial affairs (given rank of assistant deputy minister, more arms length) Commissioner collects names of potential candidates and sends them to screening councils in each province. Improvements: commissioner now arms length, provincial influence in the process, more systematic screening process. Hausegger, hennigar and riddell study federal appointments 1989-2003: 856 appointments made, some were promotions from s. 92 to s. 96 or from s. 96 trial level to appeal level. Who were these people: 68. 4% men, 31. 6% women (40/ 228, 54. 7% came from private law firms. Political affiliations of appointees: major party of appt supporters- 17. 2. , minor party of appt affiliation- 23. 6, no affiliation/ no data- 55. 0, major opposition supporter- 1. 6, minor opposition affiliation- 2. 6% s. 96 selection. Examples of recent controversies, including over patronage, to s. 96 courts. Pri(cid:373)e mi(cid:374)ister harper (cid:272)lai(cid:373)ed he (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted to appoi(cid:374)t (cid:373)ore (cid:862)la(cid:449) a(cid:374)d order(cid:863) judges.
