Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney was called to the Ontario bar just three days before the Ford government announced she was getting a special title for lawyers that has been widely denounced as a patronage honour, the Star has learned.
Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney was called to the Ontario bar just three days before the Ford government announced she was getting a special title for lawyers that hasThe government declared Friday afternoon that it was re-instituting the honorary title of “King’s Counsel” for “lawyers who have demonstrated a commitment to the pursuit of legal excellence in service to the Crown, the public and their communities.
“Caroline Mulroney was given this patronage appointment ‘King’s Counsel’ designation … and isn’t even allowed to practise law in Ontario,”The Law Society confirmed to the Star on Tuesday that Mulroney was administratively called to the bar — which doesn’t require having to attend an in-person ceremony — on June 27.
The act had previously limited that privilege solely to persons who had held the federal titles of Attorney General or Solicitor General of Canada. Prominent nominees unaffiliated with the Tories include top litigator Marie Henein and Ontario Human Rights Commission chief commissioner Patricia DeGuire.
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