Cronyism Harper regime style!
Talk about wedding favours!
It looks like several judges appointed during Peter MacKay's time as Canada's Justice Minister happen to have close ties to MacKay (Dal Law '91) and the Conservative Party of Canada.
Just how close? One was even in MacKay's wedding party.
Married in Los Cabos at a resort known as an "exclusive hideaway for stars of screen, lauded authors, and the global jet-set," MacKay described his January 2012 wedding as a "private ceremony surrounded by family and loved ones."
Those "loved ones" include Josh Arnold (Dal Law '89) and his wife Cindy Cormier (Dal Law '99), who both attended MacKay's wedding as close family friends.
The following year, Arnold, a high-profile Halifax attorney who once served as the defence in the Rehtaeh Parsons trial, was tapped by MacKay in October 2013 to sit on the bench of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. But perhaps his profile was never higher than when Hello! magazine published MacKay's wedding photos in 2012:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post...ng-guests-and-donors-getting-appointed-judges
Talk about wedding favours!
It looks like several judges appointed during Peter MacKay's time as Canada's Justice Minister happen to have close ties to MacKay (Dal Law '91) and the Conservative Party of Canada.
Just how close? One was even in MacKay's wedding party.
Married in Los Cabos at a resort known as an "exclusive hideaway for stars of screen, lauded authors, and the global jet-set," MacKay described his January 2012 wedding as a "private ceremony surrounded by family and loved ones."
Those "loved ones" include Josh Arnold (Dal Law '89) and his wife Cindy Cormier (Dal Law '99), who both attended MacKay's wedding as close family friends.
The following year, Arnold, a high-profile Halifax attorney who once served as the defence in the Rehtaeh Parsons trial, was tapped by MacKay in October 2013 to sit on the bench of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. But perhaps his profile was never higher than when Hello! magazine published MacKay's wedding photos in 2012:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post...ng-guests-and-donors-getting-appointed-judges
