Public Record
Retirement Ceremony for Justice Michel Bastarache
Ceremony to mark the retirement of Michel Bastarache as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., June 9, 2008. Mr. Bastarache is known as a champion of minority language rights. Beverley McLachlin (Chief Justice of Canada), Rob Nicholson (Minister of Justice), Thomas J. Burke (Attorney General of New Brunswick), Bernard Amyot (president of the Canadian Bar Association), Maria Henheffer (president of the Law Society of New Brunswick), and Mr. Bastarache present speeches.