Mr. Michel Francoeur at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On March 8th, 2016. See this statement in context.

March 8th, 2016 / 9:10 a.m.

Director and General Counsel, Official Languages Directorate, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector, Department of Justice

Michel Francoeur

I agree with Yvan. Indeed there are no constitutional provisions requiring that the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada be bilingual. That's the key criteria to get funds under the court challenges program and now the PADL since 2008.

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