Appointments Process: Supreme Court and Justice

appointments process: His small-town roots, training and experience as an international lawyer, and activist tendencies all make him exceptionally suited to the task, according to Toronto Star. That he rose to the top of the Prime Minister new appointments process is telling, as are his thoughtful and erudite answers to the Independent Advisory Board questionnaire. By Ranjan Agarwal Wed., Oct. 19, 2016 Let be clear: Justice Malcolm Rowe is likely to be a fine Supreme Court of Canada justice, if not one of the finest on that bench. But let also be clear: the appointment of Justice Rowe is a missed opportunity to make our Supreme Court more diverse and inclusive and, in doing so, more reflective of a modern Canada. There are some critics of the Prime Minister call for a more diverse judiciary who assert that appointing an aboriginal or visible minority to the Supreme Court is identity politics. Though the Prime Minister has made diversity in federal judicial appointments a priority, including charging the Independent Advisory Board to expressly consider diversity, there is no denying that Justice Rowe is not the diversity candidate many had in mind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.