Trudeau appoints Michelle O’Bonsawin to Supreme Court, 1st Indigenous person to hold position

By The Canadian Press and News Staff

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Ontario judge Michelle O’Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada, making her the first Indigenous person to sit on the country’s highest bench.

According to the Prime Minister’s office, she also became the first Indigenous woman judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa when she was appointed to that position in 2017.

Prior to that, she was General Counsel for the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group for eight years.

Calling her a “widely respected” member of the Canadian legal community, Prime Minister Trudeau added in a tweet that he’s “confident that she’ll bring invaluable knowledge to our country’s highest court.”

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