Bill C-285
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SUMMARY |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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