Overview
- The federal government confirmed Thursday that Louise Arbour will be installed on June 8 after Prime Minister Mark Carney selected her and King Charles approved the choice.
- Arbour will succeed Mary Simon, and the role includes granting Royal Assent to laws, swearing in cabinet ministers, proroguing or dissolving Parliament, and serving as commander-in-chief.
- The former Supreme Court justice built a global record as UN human rights chief and as chief prosecutor for the Yugoslavia and Rwanda tribunals, where she secured landmark war-crimes cases including the indictment of Slobodan Milosevic.
- In Alberta, a separatist group says it has submitted more than 301,000 signatures for a referendum as letters to editors allege the effort drew on access to nearly three million voter records and relied on the Centurion Project app to contact people.
- Elections Alberta and the RCMP are investigating the alleged voter-data access and its use, and public debate over whether the petition should be annulled continues without an official decision.