Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has begun the search for a new Supreme Court of Canada justice. Qualified candidates interested in the job, who must be functionally bilingual and demonstrate a relationship with Western or Northern Canada, will have until July 21 to apply. A non-partisan advisory board is then expected to pick a shortlist of…

The resignation of Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown leaves a big hole in the country’s top court, according to many. Joanna Baron, a lawyer and the executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, said his loss is “monumental.” “Justice Brown was a judge of extraordinary rigour and clarity, who consistently hewed to the demands of…

Justice Russell Brown is retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada effective immediately, ending a probe into alleged misconduct. The Canadian Judicial Council, the body tasked with disciplining judges, says it no longer has jurisdiction to continue investigating allegations of misconduct stemming from an event at an Arizona hotel in January. Brown has vigorously denied…