Fight over N.B. judicial residency could end up going to the SCC

Provincial branch of CBA condemns the proposed amendment calling it a ‘dangerous precedent’

By Cristin Schmitz ( January 31, 2017, 3:00 PM EST) -- The New Brunswick government’s bid for a veto over where federal trial judges live in the province — which affects where judges are appointed and work — could land at the Supreme Court of Canada in a dispute with political overtones and national implications for the administrative independence of the judiciary....

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