SUMMARY

The purpose of this enactment is to make the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court of Canada subject to prior nomination to the House of Commons and a recommendation by the standing committee of the House of Commons appointed to deal with matters of justice.

It also provides for a fifteen-year term of appointment, subject to the existing retirement age of seventy-five. A person may not be appointed for a second term.

There is a provision for a deemed approval if the House neither approves nor disapproves of a nomination within six months and for a short-term appointment, in the case of a vacancy when the House is dissolved.