The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Kevin Lamoureux, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg North (Manitoba), will make a funding announcement regarding support to address the overrepresentation of Métis people in the justice system in Manitoba.
Today, the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced that Dr. Benjamin Roebuck has been appointed to the position of Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime. Dr. Roebuck replaces Heidi Illingworth, who was appointed on September 20, 2018.
Building on reforms made in 2016 to increase the openness, transparency, accountability, and diversity of Canada’s judiciary, today, the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announced changes to the Questionnaire for Federal Judicial Appointments.
The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016.
The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, today issued the following statement:
The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today issued the following statement on the retirement of the Honourable Michael Moldaver, judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Across the country, governments and police are working in close partnership with communities and families to prevent youth crime and to ensure a fair and effective youth justice system.
The recipients of the 2022 Minister of Justice National Youth Justice Policing Award are Sergeant Kendall Booth of the Edmonton Police Service, Leeanne Harvey, Youth Programs Coordinator of the Edmonton Police Service, and Michael Peters, Program Manager of YMCA of Northern Alberta for their DIVERSIONfirst Program.
The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable H. Wade MacLauchlan, Chairperson of the Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments, will appear at the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.