Some hearings by the Canadian Judicial Council into the conduct of judges
CALGARY — A Canadian Judicial Council inquiry committee has recommended federal Justice Robin Camp be removed from the bench after making inappropriate remarks when he was a provincial court judge presiding over a sex assault trial in Calgary. Lawyers for Camp have responded by saying removing him from the bench should be a last resort.
Here are some other cases the council has considered:
1996: Justice Jean Bienvenue of the Superior Court of Quebec resigned after an inquiry panel recommended his removal from the bench. Bienvenue was found to have had “an aggravating lack of sensitivity” after remarking during a trial that women could “sink to depths to which even the vilest man could not sink” and saying Jews who died in Nazi gas chambers did not suffer.
2003: Justice Bernard Flynn of the Superior Court of Quebec was found to have made “inappropriate and unacceptable” public comments to a reporter about a property sale that involved his wife. A panel concluded he should have refrained from speaking “in keeping with his duty to act in a reserved manner.” But it ruled the comments did not warrant removing Flynn from the bench.