OTTAWA — Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin is stepping down from the Supreme Court of Canada in December after 28 years on the court, including almost 18 years as chief. McLachlin, 74, is the first woman to hold the top job on the high court and is also Canada’s longest-serving chief justice. She was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court in 1989 and was appointed chief justice 11 years later. “Chief Justice McLachlin’s judicial accomplishments are unparalleled in Canadian history,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday in response to her retirement announcement. She was named to the British Columbia Court of Appeal in December 1985 and became chief justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in September 1988.

Source: National Post June 12, 2017 19:32 UTC