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Top court s Bastarache to retire after
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60-year-old justice gives no reason for departure
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | 12:56 PM...
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60-year-old justice gives no reason for departure
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | 12:56 PM ET
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Supreme Court Justice Michel Bastarache will retire at the end of the year after more than a
decade on the top court s bench, the court announced Wednesday.
In a release, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said
Bastarache, 60, has written to Justice Minister Rob
Nicholson to inform him he will retire at the end of the
court s spring session.
The court s mandatory
retirement age is 75.
"Justice Bastarache has served on the court with
wisdom, and made enormous contributions to the court
and to Canada," McLachlin said.
"He is a valued
colleague and a friend, who will be missed by all the
members of the court.
"
Bastarache did not give
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