A primer: new Supreme Court justice joins elite eight on top bench
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made his second appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, naming Sheilah Martin to fill the vacancy that will open when Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin retires next month.
Martin joins a unique body, the final court of appeal for the country.
The nine justices of the Supreme Court sit at the top of the country’s legal system, hearing appeals from the decisions of the provincial and territorial courts of final resort, as well as from the Federal Court of Appeal and the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada.
Here’s a look at its members: