Senate Legal Committee Passes My Sober Second Thought Bill C-9 Amendment (Federal Court of Appeal)
I’m the Bill C-9 Senate Opposition critic (Judges Act disciplinary process revamp).
Pleased that the Senate Legal Committee passed my substantial amendment (by a 6-5 vote) allowing appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal. (Both the Canadian Bar Association and the Advocates’ Society supported this.) (Thank you to Senators Boisvenu, Tannas, Quinn, Jaffer and Pate for voting yes to my amendment at committee.)
Here is the VIDEO of my arguments for this #SoberSecondThought amendment at the Senate Legal Committee: