The other judges were John Toohey QC, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia who had worked on Aboriginal issues ( he replaced New Zealander Sir Edward Somers QC, who retired from the Inquiry in 2000 for personal reasons ), and Mr Justice William Hoyt QC, former Chief Justice of New Brunswick and a member of the Canadian Judicial Council.

* The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Canadian Constitution

In 1949, the former lawyer of many Supreme Court cases, St-Laurent ended the practice of appealing Canadian legal cases to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of Great Britain, making the Supreme Court of Canada the highest avenue of legal appeal available to Canadians.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the Edwards v. Canada ( Attorney General ) case.

This case, which came to be known as the Persons Case, had important ramifications not just for women's rights but also because in overturning the case, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council engendered a radical change in the Canadian judicial approach to the Canadian constitution, an approach that has come to be known as the " living tree doctrine ".

In 1888, the Canadian Parliament abolished appeals in criminal cases to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Upon the passing of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 ceased to have effect in Canada, the Canadian Parliament gained the ability to make laws of an extraterritorial nature, and appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council were abolished.

The Chief Justice chairs the Canadian Judicial Council, which is composed of all chief justices and associate chief justices of superior courts in Canada.

* Edwards v. Canada ( Attorney General ), also known as the Persons Case, a 1930 case in the Judicial Committee of the Imperial Privy Council on women's eligibility to be members of the Canadian federal Senate

* Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are abolished, making the Supreme Court of Canada the country's top court

She is the Chairperson of the Canadian Judicial Council, the Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute, and the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada.

His 2002 study of the Supreme Court of Canada, titled " The Lawmakers: Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism ," won the John W. Dafoe Prize for " distinguished writing on Canada and / or Canada ’ s place in the world.

* The Lawmakers: Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism ( 2002, ISBN 0-8020-3751-8 ).

In an unprecedented move, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and the Canadian Judicial Council issued a statement that Toews's proposal would " compromise the independence of the Advisory Committees ", and called for the minister to consult with judicial and legal representatives before making any changes.

During his term as Chief Justice, Canada ended appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council making the Supreme Court of Canada the final court of appeal in Canadian jurisprudence.

In 1983 he was reprimanded by the Canadian Judicial Council for this activism, even though his comments " did not related to any existing statute or court decision ".

Led by Brewin, the ' Japanese Canadian Reference Case ' was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada and later, on appeal, by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

This began in 1882, when the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ( then the supreme authority over Canadian law ) ruled in Russell v. The Queen that the federal government could legislate with regard to alcohol, because even though this would probably have been considered provincial jurisdiction in ordinary circumstances, the federal government was acting to ensure order in Canada.

After much debate between Canadian and British officials, royal assent was granted, on the understanding that the clause did not in fact affect the royal prerogative to hear appeals, exercised through the Judicial Committee.

In 1926, the Judicial Committee ruled that the Canadian Parliament lacked the jurisdiction to extinguish appeals to the Judicial Committee, as the right of appeal was founded in the royal prerogative and could only be terminated by the Imperial Parliament.

The last Canadian appeal to the Judicial Committee was not decided until 1960.

The Canadian Judicial Council, made up of the chief justices and associate chief justices of the federal courts and of each province and territory, receive complaints from the public concerning questionable behaviour from members of the bench.

* Canadian Broadcast Standards Council

In April 1994 the Pacific Fisheries Management Council unanimously approved the strictest regulations in 18 years, banning all commercial salmon fishing for that year from Cape Falcon north to the Canadian border.

Complaints against broadcasters, such as concerns around offensive programming, are dealt with by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ( CBSC ), an independent broadcast industry association, rather than by the CRTC, although CBSC decisions can be appealed to the CRTC if necessary.

In Canada, several congregations belong to the Canadian Council of Conservative Synagogues instead of the United Synagogue.

Congregationalism is not limited only to organization of Christian congregations ; the principles of congregationalism have been inherited by the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Canadian Unitarian Council.

The Canadian Unitarian Council ( CUC ) is the national body for Unitarian Universalists in Canada.

" The Principles and Sources of Our Religious Faith " from the Canadian Unitarian Council

We, the member congregations of the Canadian Unitarian Council, covenant to affirm and promote:

While the name of the organization is the Canadian Unitarian Council, the CUC includes congregations with Unitarian, Universalist, Unitarian Universalist and Universalist Unitarian in their names.

* Official Website of The Canadian Unitarian Council

* Canadian Council of Churches, an ecumenical Christian forum of churches in Canada

* Canadian Council on Learning, State of Inuit Learning in Canada

* Canadian Unitarian Council, 5, 000 members.

Most companies that harvest in Canadian forests are certified by an independent third party agency such as the Forest Stewardship Council ( FSC ), Sustainable Forests Initiative ( SFI ), or the Canadian Standards Association ( CSA ).

Until 2002, almost all member congregations of the Canadian Unitarian Council ( CUC ) were also members of the UUA and most services to CUC member congregations were provided by the UUA.

The Canadian Unitarian Council became an independent body in 2002.

In the same year, the Canadian Unitarian Council ( CUC ) formed.

* The Canadian Unitarian Council ( CUC ) split off from the Unitarian Universalist Association in 2002 and serves Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist congregations in Canada.

* Young Religious Unitarian Universalists ( YRUU ) is the youth organization within the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Canadian Unitarian Council.

While the 2001 Canadian census done by Statistics Canada put Canadian Unitarians at 17, 480, the latest membership statistics from the Canadian Unitarian Council show as of September 1, 2007 they had 5, 150 " official " members.