Prime minister announces Quebec Court of Appeal judge to be next deputy attorney general of Canada

By Cristin Schmitz ( December 19, 2025, 4:20 PM EST) -- In an unusual and surprising move, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that a current federal puisne judge, Justice Marie-Josée Hogue of the Quebec Court of Appeal, will become deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general of Canada “early in the new year.”...