Supreme Court of Canada: Marc Nadon

Marc Nadon: But Nadon, 64, the son of a Quebec hockey player and a Ukrainian-born big band singer, defended his qualification for the countrys top court by dint of a nearly 40-year legal career, including the last 20 as a judge, according to The Star. Nadon said frankly he was hard-put to identify himself as anything but experienced at deciding cases with the impartiality and intellectual rigour expected of judges and OTTAWA Justice Marc Nadon, the governments surprising pick for the Supreme Court of Canada, admitted he didnt fill any gender, ethnic or diversity expectations for the high court bench. Liberal MP and justice critic Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister during a time that two women Rosalie Abella and Louise Charron were appointed to the high court, asked what element of diversity do you contribute to the bench? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.