Trudeau defends ‘merit-based, transparent appointment system’ amid questions about New Brunswick judges
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Media reports this week stated five of the last six federally appointed judges in New Brunswick have ties to Dominic LeBlanc, the federal minister of intergovernmental and northern affairs.