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http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Alberta+appeal+court+judge+Russell+Brown+named+Supreme+Court+Canada/11246818/story.html
From the "Nailed it in the spring" department, Canadian Lawyer Magazine predicted this last April
http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/2665/tricky-to-predict-who-will-replace-justice-rothstein.html
From the "Nailed it in the spring" department, Canadian Lawyer Magazine predicted this last April
If the next choice comes from Harper’s adopted home province of Alberta, one of the potential candidates is Frans Slatter, a respected judge on its Court of Appeal.
However, another more recent appointment to the Alberta Court of Appeal may be more in line with the prime minister’s view of the role of the judiciary.
Justice Russell Brown was appointed to the Court of Appeal last year after just 13 months on the Court of Queen’s Bench.
The former associate dean at the University of Alberta law school is also a past member of the advisory council of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. The right-of-centre legal organization is headed by John Carpay, an unsuccessful candidate for the Wildrose party in the last Alberta election.
A past endorsement from Brown is included on the organization’s web site.
“Current events remind us that the notion of limited government, particularly as it pertains to freedom of conscience and freedom of expression, can never be taken for granted in Canada,” wrote Brown, who suggested Carpay’s organization would become one of the country’s “most important” watchdog.
http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/2665/tricky-to-predict-who-will-replace-justice-rothstein.html