Does the Attorney General have the power to be a Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from United States v. Norbu, 2019 ONSC 7123 (CanLII):
The respondent submits that this court is bound by the judicial precedent in Idziak v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 1992 CanLII 51 (SCC), [1992] 3 S.C.R. 631, 77 C.C.C. (2d) 65 that those respective roles can properly be exercised by the same person. The respondent further submits that the applicants have failed to meet the onus that rests with them to establish a breach of s. 7 of the Charter. Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5 at para. 55.
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