“We’re not going to be doing police investigative work. “Council will be focusing mainly on whether or not the judge has the confidence of the public to remain in office,” said Johanna Laporte, the council’s director of communications. Possible actions range from a dismissal of the complaint as lacking merit to a public inquiry that can lead to the judge’s removal from the bench. He added since his appointment by Rob Nicholson, the federal Justice Minister, Judge Girouard has been a good, hard-working judge.Ĭhief Justice François Rolland of Quebec Superior Court requested the review of Judge Girouard’s conduct by the Canadian Judicial Council. “Something can happen once in a while, but I think generally we have good judges, and we have a good justice system,” he said. He acknowledged the allegations of drug purchases could fuel cynicism about the judiciary. ‘Something can happen once in a while, but I think generally we have good judges, and we have a good justice system’ He stressed Judge Girouard “firmly denies all the facts that the informant has said,” but declined comment on the specific allegations, as they are subject of a police investigation. Since then, he has been assigned no new cases and is performing only administrative tasks, Judge Pidgeon said Tuesday. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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