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Trudeau nominates first Muslim judge (and person of colour) to Canada's Supreme Court


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Immigrated from Kenya to the UK as a child, then later to Canada. His wife was an Iranian refugee to Canada in her teens.

 

How the fairly non-partisan process works:

 

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According to the Liberal government's appointment process for the Supreme Court, Jamal's name would have been added to a list of three to five candidates submitted to Trudeau by the court's advisory council, headed up by former prime minister Kim Campbell.

The board's recommendations are non-binding.

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The short list would then have been reviewed by a list of interested parties, including the chief justice, provincial and territorial attorneys general, relevant cabinet ministers, opposition justice critics and some House of Commons committees.

 

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1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Older Neal ketyal but with bigger ears and the hair parts the other way

 

And probably didn't defend nestle on child slavery accusations

 

"Supreme Court rules in favor of Nestle in child slavery case"

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The Supreme Court reversed a ruling that allowed people to sue Nestle USA and Cargill over claims they were trafficked as child slaves to African cocoa farms.

 

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3 hours ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

I was thinking brown Eugene Levy.

 

His Palestinian lookalike in an "unlikely pairing of people become friends but turn out to have way more in common than either would have expected" buddy movie. 

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