In this intimate volume, Michel Bastarache reveals details of his youth in Acadia and his multiple professional roles before becoming the first Acadian justice to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada.
He graduated from the University of Ottawa..
He was bureau chief of provincial affairs at a newspaper in New Brunswick, then reporter for CBC in Moncton.
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Lastly, he was awarded a dozen prizes and titles, among them Companion of the Order of Canada and officer of the Legion of Honour.
He is also the editor and main author of three books.
He is a member of the Administrative Tribunal of the Organization of American States.
He currently serves as independent auditor for reconciliation in relation to sexual harassment claims at the RCMP.
He also served as independent adjudicator for compensation of victims of sexual abuse in the Bathurst and Moncton dioceses.
He sat on the interim Constitutional Court of Kenya in 2010, then presided over the Inquiry Commission on the process for appointing judges of the Court of Qu bec (2010-2011).
Since his retirement in 2008 he acts as counsel for two law firms.
Appointed to the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick in 1995, he came to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1997.
He practised law in Ottawa and Moncton.
He worked in succession in the roles of Vice-President and Marketing Director at Assomption-Vie, President and Executive Officer of Assomption-Vie and its subsidiaries, law professor and Dean at the Law School of Universit de Moncton, as well as Associate Dean at the Faculty of Law - Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa.
He worked for the governments of New Brunswick and Canada.
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Ce livre est publi en fran ais.
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Il revient sur son engagement au sein des groupes de d fense des francophones hors Qu bec, puis sur sa carri re de professeur, de fonctionnaire, d\'avocat et de juge.
M e Bastarache raconte sa constante lutte pour l\' galit des communaut s francophone et anglophone. - Dans une lettre qu\'il adresse ses deux enfants, morts d\'une maladie incurable, Michel Bastarache se rappelle son enfance en Acadie puis sa carri re, jusqu\' devenir le premier juge acadien si ger la Cour supr me du Canada.
This book is published in French.
Bastarache weighs in on the controversy surrounding the Inquiry Commission on the process for appointing judges of the Court of Qu bec, as well as his mediator work for reconciliation and compensation of alleged victims of sexual abuse by ex-priests in New Brunswick.
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In this story he takes the reader backstage to his most important causes and he reveals some of the secrets of the highest court in Canada.
He reminisces on his commitment among groups protecting francophones outside Qu bec, then on his careers as teacher, civil servant, lawyer, and juge.
Bastarache recounts his constant fight for equality between francophone and anglophone communities.
In a letter addressed to his two children who died from an incurable disease, Me.
In this intimate volume, Michel Bastarache reveals details of his youth in Acadia and his multiple professional roles before becoming the first Acadian justice to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada
