Comme le regretté juge Bora Laskin, ancien juge de la Cour suprême, nous le rappelle dans un recueil de conférences intitulé: British Tradition in Canadian Law, publié en 1969, la nomination des juges ressortissait aux autorités britanniques, comme prérogative royale.
As the late Mr. Justice Bora Laskin, former Justice of the Supreme Court, reminded us in 1969 in a series of lectures called the " British Tradition in Canadian Law," the appointment of judges was originally in the hands of British authorities as a matter of Royal Prerogative.