Share this Story: Gerard Kennedy: Trudeau Liberals go around attorney general again, this time over bilingualismGerard Kennedy: Trudeau Liberals go around attorney general again, this time over bilingualism To seemingly bypass Lametti in an effort to make it a requirement that Supreme Court judges be bilingual is deeply problematic Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian PressArticle content Two years ago this month, the Justin Trudeau government was rocked by the SNC-Lavalin scandal. Try refreshing your browser, or Gerard Kennedy: Trudeau Liberals go around attorney general again, this time over bilingualism Back to videoAdvertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But snuck in among Joly’s myriad proposals is a requirement that Supreme Court judges be bilingual in French and English. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/File But the desirability of having bilingual Supreme Court judges is beside the point. The Nadon Reference is the reason to doubt the ability to impose a bilingualism requirement on Supreme Court judges.

Source: National Post February 24, 2021 11:03 UTC