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In this conversation with Marie-Eve Sylvestre, Dean of the Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, the Chief Justice discusses how the Canadian justice system confronted the challenges posed by the pandemic, noting that the crisis brought with it the opportunity to re-evaluate certain long-standing practices.
For the Chief Justice, the issue of diversity in public institutions is directly connected to the health of our democracy. Institutions like the judiciary can only be effective if people are able to recognize themselves in those institutions.
“I think the greatest advances in Canada have been in the area of access to information,” says the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada.
Upon his appointment as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Right Honourable Richard Wagner gave himself a mission: improve communication with the people of Canada.