This is for the minister.
In 2021, as chief justice of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, Chief Justice Joyal issued a practice direction compelling that province's lawyers to state their pronouns in court at the start of proceedings. It was not optional.
As a lawyer, Minister, you will surely remember that it always has been customary and the practice for justices across this country to refer to lawyers appearing in courts as simply counsel. Is this Liberal government expecting that identity politics will extend into the Supreme Court of Canada as a new practice direction?