Counsel contend Ottawa’s spate of judicial appointments might make novel constitutional appeal moot

By Cristin Schmitz (July 30, 2024, 5:09 PM EDT) -- Lawyers who won a groundbreaking Federal Court declaration that recognized a “constitutional convention that judicial vacancies on the provincial superior courts and federal courts must be filled within a reasonable time” contend Ottawa’s appeal should be dismissed as moot if the Trudeau government gets federal judicial vacancies down to the reasonable level set by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown last February....