Alberta francophone to be appointed next Supreme Court justice: sources | CBC News
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Canada’s next Supreme Court justice will be Mary Moreau, a French-speaking judge from Alberta, sources told Radio-Canada.
Mary Moreau has served as Alberta’s chief justice since 2017
Canada’s next Supreme Court justice will be a francophone judge from Alberta, sources told Radio-Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce Mary Moreau’s appointment to Canada’s top court later on Thursday, sources said.
Moreau replaces Russell Brown, who resigned in June following a claim of misconduct related to an incident at an Arizona resort. Brown denies the claim.
Her appointment keeps with the tradition that reserves at least two of the nine seats on the Supreme Court for judges from Western Canada. Trudeau has said he would maintain that tradition in replacing Brown, but that candidates must be bilingual.
Moreau has been the chief justice of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta since 2017. She was the first woman appointed to that position. She has served on the court since 1994.
She has also served as a deputy justice in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.
Prior to becoming a judge, Chief Justice Moreau practised law in Edmonton.
More to come.
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