Alberta has a few new faces on the bench within its court system
Posted Jun 17, 2016 10:41 pm.
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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould announced on Friday that a few new judges will be taking the bench in Alberta.
Wilson-Raybould announced six new appointments in total.
Among them, The Honourable Sheilah Martin whose been a judge on the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench in Calgary.
She’ll now move to the Alberta Court of Appeal, replacing a retiring judge. She’ll also be a judget of the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories and a judget of the Court of Appeal for Nunavut.
Martin in one of her most recent decisions, recently lifted the publication ban on Hanne Schafer, the first Alberta woman granted an assisted death.
The Honourable Sheila Greckol will also join her in the Alberta Court of Appeal.
The Honourable John T. Henderson, Douglas R. Mah, Gillian D. Marriott and Avril B. Inglis have all been named to the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench.
“”I am pleased to see that the federal government has made some new judicial appointments for Alberta. I believe this is a good first step in addressing the pressures Alberta courts face,” says Alberta Minister of Justice Kathleen Ganley, in a release. “I will continue to work with my federal counterpart, Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, to ensure that Alberta has the appropriate number of federally appointed judges to provide access to justice within the province.”
“I welcome the new justices to Alberta! I’ve said in the Senate the judicial shortage in AB needed to be addressed,” wrote another politician, Senator Doug Black in a tweet.
The most recent federal appointments leaves Alberta still short in several key positions, including two vacancies at the Court of Appeal, one in Edmonton and one in Calgary.
There are also four vacancies on the Court of Queen’s Bench, two in Edmonton, one in Calgary and one not yet assigned to a municipality.
