OTTAWA—The deadline to submit a shortlist of names to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the position of a new Supreme Court of Canada judge passed Friday, but the government refused to say whether the deadline had been met. As an exercise in accountability and transparency for the high court nomination, Trudeau set up a new independent advisory board to receive — and seek out –— applications. The board, led by former prime minister Kim Campbell, was tasked with vetting candidates and submitting a shortlist of three to five names of qualified, functionally bilingual candidates. Trudeau is to select what will be his first nomination to the Supreme Court of Canada from the shortlist. But Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s office refused Friday to divulge whether the shortlist had been submitted as per the deadline.

Source: thestar September 25, 2016 03:26 UTC