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OTTAWA – A divided Supreme Court of Canada says the federal government has the right to order the destruction of Quebec’s federal gun registry data – but all three Quebec judges on the court disagreed.

By a 5-4 margin, the Supreme Court upheld an earlier Quebec Court of Appeal ruling that sided with the government on its controversial decision to abolish the federal registry for long guns in 2011.

That's great news. Tks for sharing
What I'd like to know is how 1 province gets 3 out of 9 members on the supreme court? Quebec already gets way too many concessions from this country as it is.

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Well, it is an election year?

Quebec gets the three because the Supreme Court Act says so. Way back the wise politicians decided they should have three because they have a different (civil) legal system than the rest of the (common law) provinces. They needed three to have enough judges to hear appeals on Quebec civil issues. I am a lawyer, trained in the common law, and have no clue about Quebec civil laws, and this goes for the majority of non-Quebec lawyers. So they thought it wise to put a set number of judges well versed in that legal system on the top court.

Not defending it, just answering the question...

Kerrazy wrote:Well, it is an election year?

I was under the assumption that Supreme court Judges are pointed by the Judges that are currently, they vote in their own.

Nope, Shawn, federal government (prime minister basically) appoints Supreme Court judges.

It was more of a clearly misinformed statement, based on historical data.


But...

Governor General, Prime Minister & Supreme Court Appointments
The power to appoint Supreme Court justices is held exclusively by the executive branch of the federal government, in particular, the Governor General and the Prime Minister.