Brown’s exit from Supreme Court proves system works, Chief Justice says

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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada says the allegations against former justice Russell Brown are lamentable, but Canadians should take heart in the fact there was a process at hand to deal with the situation.

At his annual news conference Tuesday, Richard Wagner said ethical complaints against judges are never acceptable.

“It’s unfortunate,” Chief Justice Wagner told journalists in his first detailed comments since Mr. Brown resigned Monday, after eight years on the Supreme Court. “One complaint is one too many. It should never happen, but that’s reality – it happens.

“What I am saying is we’re lucky in this country to have some institutions to take care of those things.

“I take some pride in the fact that in Canada, judges, federal judges and provincial judges are governed by ethical principles, and if they don’t follow [them], if they make an error, a mistake serious enough, there is a process, there is a way to deal with that.”

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