Rothstein To Be Sworn In Friday March 9th, 2006

Justice Marshal Rothstein will be sworn in tomorrow.

I don’t have much to add. I just thought some might like to know.

The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, announced today that The Honourable Marshall Rothstein will be sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at a private ceremony. The official welcome ceremony for Justice Rothstein will take place at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, April 10, 2006, in the Main Courtroom of the Supreme Court of Canada. On this occasion, it is expected that there will be remarks by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, and representatives of the Government of Canada, the Government of Manitoba, the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Manitoba. Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada by the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, on March 1, 2006.