Harper nominates Marc Nadon for Supreme Court
Posted September 30, 2013 12:08 pm.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has nominated Justice Marc Nadon of the Federal Court of Appeal to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada.
The vacancy was created by the mandatory retirement of former justice Morris Fish this past August.
Nadon is, among other things, a recognized expert in maritime law.
His selection by Harper comes after an all-party panel of MPs gave the prime minister a short list of three qualified candidates.
Once approved by a select House of Commons committee, Nadon’s appointment would mean a ratio of six men to three women on the high court.
That’s why some legal observers had been expecting Harper to appoint a woman in order to even out the high court’s gender balance.
