Western provinces vying to fill Russell Brown's empty seat on the Supreme Court of Canada

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Legal communities from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and B.C., which hasn’t had a face on the Supreme Court since 2017 when Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin retired, hope Russell Brown’s replacement will come from the West.

Less than a week remains for jurists to apply for the empty spot on Canada’s Supreme Court, and Western provinces are keen to have their region, or at least their regional interests, represented.

Current and former attorney-generals of B.C. feel especially strongly that their voice is being left out. Of course, members of the Supreme Court are not meant to represent the province they come from, but rather Canada at large. “Geography is important, but it is about the best candidate. And from our perspective, it’s very important that that person brings that renewed regional understanding to the bench.”

 

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