Supreme Court welcomes Justice Wagner to bench
Richard Wagner is Quebec's newest representative on Canada's top court
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Posted: Dec 3, 2012 10:38 AM ET
Last Updated: Dec 3, 2012 2:21 PM ET
Justice Richard Wagner, right, delivers a speech as his fellow judges take part in his welcoming ceremony at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa Monday. (Blair Gable/Pool/Canadian Press)
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Canada's newest Supreme Court Justice, Richard Wagner, was officially welcomed to the court's top bench in a ceremony today.
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson and Nathalie G. Drouin, Quebec's deputy minister of justice, were among the speakers honouring his appointment.
Wagner, whose appointment was announced earlier this fall, spoke last.
Formerly on Quebec's Court of Appeal and the Superior Court of Quebec, Wagner replaces Marie Deschamps, who retired last summer.
Justice Richard Wagner, top right, takes part in an official photo during his welcoming ceremony Monday. The rest of the court, back row from left: Madam Justice Andromache Karakatsanis, Mr. Justice Thomas A. Cromwell, Mr. Justice Michael Moldaver, Wagner; front row, from left; Madam Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, Mr. Justice Louis LeBel, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, Mr. Justice Morris J. Fish and Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
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