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    The minister of justice and attorney general of Canada (French: ministre de la justice et procureur général du Canada) is a dual-role portfolio in the...
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  • of Canada in court. The department's responsibilities reflect the double role of the Minister of Justice, who is also by law the Attorney General of Canada:...
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  • (1992–2003) Attorney general Interior minister List of female justice ministers List of first women lawyers and judges by nationality "Ministry of Justice (Defined)"...
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    Arif Virani (category Attorneys General of Canada)
    1971) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada since July 2023. A member of the Liberal...
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    Attorney General of Quebec (renamed the Ministry of Justice in 1965) Attorney General of Canada Government of Ontario 1976 Reference re: Anti-Inflation Act...
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  • fulfills the responsibilities of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada in the discharge of the Attorney General's criminal law mandate by prosecuting...
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  • Deputy Attorney General of Canada. The deputy minister provides advice and support to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (an elected...
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    Nazanin Afshin-Jam (category Naturalized citizens of Canada)
    former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Nazanin Afshin-Jam was born on April 11, 1979, in Tehran, Iran. Her father was the head of the...
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    Irwin Cotler (category Attorneys General of Canada)
    retired Canadian politician who was Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015. He served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada...
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  • that of a Minister of Justice in some other countries. The term was originally used to refer to any person who holds a general power of attorney to represent...
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      Conservative Party of Canada Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www...
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  • Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada April 6, 1968 – June 16, 1984 April 14, 2013 – present Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada April 4...
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    Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Terry Beech as the first Minister of Citizen's Services, and Soraya Martinez Ferrada as Minister responsible...
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  • list of the people who have served as head of the Ministry of Justice of Quebec, or as Attorneys-General of Quebec, Canada East and Lower Canada. Prior...
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    David Lametti (category Attorneys General of Canada)
    served as minister of justice and attorney general of Canada from 2019 to 2023. Born in Port Colborne, Ontario, Lametti graduated from University of Toronto...
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  • Mark MacGuigan (category Canadian university and college faculty deans)
    Secretary of State for External Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He became Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada in 1982...
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    Guy Favreau (category Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec)
    Attorney General of Canada (1964–1965), President of the Privy Council (1965–1967), Minister of Indian Affairs (1963–1964) and Registrar General of Canada...
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  • overseen by a cabinet minister known as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General (French: Ministre de la Justice et procureur général), currently Matt...
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    responsible for the oversight of the justice system, within the province of British Columbia, Canada. The attorney general is a member of the provincial cabinet...
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  • Eleni Bakopanos (category Women members of the House of Commons of Canada)
    Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole, and a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1997–1999). Bakopanos...
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    Twenty-Ninth Canadian Ministry is the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that began governing Canada shortly before the opening of the 42nd...
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    held, and leads the discussion of cases among the justices. The chief justice is also deputy governor general, ex-officio chairman of the Canadian Judicial...
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  • Paul Macklin (category Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario)
    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from February 2002 to December 2003, and was re-appointed to the position...
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  • Claude-André Lachance (category Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec)
    riding of Rosemont. He was re-elected in the 1979 and 1980 elections. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General...
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    The Minister of Law and Justice is the head of the Ministry of Law and Justice and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. The first Law...
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  • SNC-Lavalin affair (category Attorneys General of Canada)
    Mario Dion found that Trudeau improperly influenced then Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in an ongoing criminal...
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  • Assistant to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General 6 May 1943 – 30 November 1944: Joseph Jean Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour 7 May...
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  • years in prison. In 2005, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Irwin Cotler used a special Criminal Code of Canada provision to quash the conviction...
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    of culpable homicide. The prohibition was overturned in a February 2015 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in Carter v. Canada (Attorney General)...
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  • under the jurisdiction of the provincial Attorney General (or the Minister of Justice in Quebec), who is responsible for the conduct of criminal prosecutions...
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