Description: Learn about the Canadian Judicial Council, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and Paul Postnikoff claims of fraud within the Canadian Judicial Council relating to Kamloops B.C. Supreme Court Justice Richard Blair.
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Part II of the Judges Act establishes the Canadian Judicial Council mandate.
The Canadian Judicial Council is a federal body created under the Judges Act (R.S., 1985, c. J-1), with the mandate to promote efficiency, uniformity, and accountability, and to improve quality of judicial service in the superior courts of Canada. The Canadian Judicial Council is also mandated to review any complaint or allegation against a superior court judge. These are appointed by the federal government. In most provinces, there is a provincial judicial council mandated in regard to provincially-appoint
The Canadian Judicial Council is chaired by the Chief Justice of Canada, currently the Right Honourable Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. There are 38 other Canadian Judicial Council members, who are the chief justices and associate chief justices of Canada’s superior courts, the senior judges of the territorial courts, and the Chief Justice Beverley Mclachlin of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada.