POLS 3130 Chapter Notes -Canadian Bar Association, Law Society, Judicial Appointments Commission

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3130
• Professor: Dennis Baker

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Last updated saturday, nov. 12, 2011 10:29am est. The appointment of female judges has diminished to a trickle under the harper government, dashing any hopes that equal gender representation is on the doorstep. Only eight women have been appointed to the federal judiciary this year, compared to 41 men. Figures for 2010 were only slightly less skewed, with 13 women and 37 men being given judgeships. The discrepancy is likely to rekindle calls for reform to an opaque process that provides the government with considerable leeway to choose candidates for undisclosed reasons. Those are shocking figures, said elizabeth sheehy, a university of ottawa law professor. This is part of a very ominous pattern for canadian women. Canadians and especially to women in the legal profession. There are currently 356 female judges among the total of 1,117 federally appointed judges on the bench.