Louise Arbour (1947 - )
Canadian lawyer, prosecutor, civil servant and judge.
New Governor-General of Canada (2026 - ).
Former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Was Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals
dealing with war crimes in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Also served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Companion of the Order of Canada (the country's highest honour).
In appointing her, Prime Minister Carney stated that she
"will represent the best of Canada . . . that is . . .
steadfast in the values we uphold."
🇨🇦🇬🇧 Sincere congratulations to Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour!! As I understand it she has to keep both King Charles III and Prime Minister Carney on the right path for the good of Canadians. Big job, that! 😬
ReplyDeleteThis news makes me (an American woman) jealous...a competent woman appointed to succeed the incumbent competent woman...Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon. Wow! 👍
Anybody notice that of the 24 "leaders" around the big table in China this week there were zero women?! 🤔 I'm guessing that not one of the white male geniuses 🤓on the US side knew what the "Thucydides Trap" was until they asked a female who hadn't been allowed in the room!! 🤪🤬
@ Cleora Borealis -- I didn't know what the Thucydides Trap is, too! Didn't know how to spell it, either! So I'm glad you left this comment which enabled me to google it at last, LOL!
DeleteMs Arbour has an impressive CV! What an excellent choice for GovGen.
ReplyDelete@ e -- Yes, I think so too. I have admired her and followed her career for 30+ years.
DeleteLiked: Was Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals
ReplyDeletedealing with war crimes in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
@ Barbara -- She knows a war criminal when she sees one.
DeleteI had to look up "Governor-General of Canada". That relationship between Canada and the monarch is a bit confusing to me, but she seems like a fine woman.
ReplyDelete@ Kirk -- Yes, it's a holdover from our colonial past but it makes us distinctive in North America which, these days, is not a bad thing.
DeleteSo unlike in the US, a SC appointment is not for life? Tell me more! Are there term limits? Elections?
ReplyDelete@ Rade -- In Canada, judges for every court (including the Supreme Court of Canada) are not elected but are appointed by the government after the candidates are vetted by an at-arms-length committee including the legal profession. Judges may serve until they are 75 years old and then must retire. Louise Arbour was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and served for a few years but then resigned in order to become the Chief War Crimes Prosecutor in The Hague.
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