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'Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer,' PC , CC , CD , LL.D , D.U., known as 'Antonio Lamer' (born July 8, 1933) is a Canadian lawyer and former Chief Justice of Canada.

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Personal life

Career

Awards

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Personal life

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he served in the Royal Canadian Artillery from 1950 to 1954 and in the Canadian Intelligence Corps from 1954 to 1960. In 1956, he graduated in law from the Université de Montréal and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1957.
He has been married since 1987 to Justice Danièle Tremblay-Lamer, a judge on the Federal Court .

Career

He practised in partnership at the firm of Cutler, Lamer, Bellemare and Associates and was a full professor in the Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal, where he was also a lecturer in criminology.
On December 19, 1969, he was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court and to the Queen's Bench (Crown Side) of the province of Quebec. In 1978, he was elevated to the Quebec Court of Appeal and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1980. He was named Chief Justice on July 1 1990 and retired on January 7 2000.
He currently is with the law firm Stikeman Elliott in a senior advisory role and was appointed Associate Professor of Law at the Université de Montréal in 2000. He was appointed Communications Security Establishment Commissioner on June 19 2003, a position he held until August 1, 2006. He is also the Honorary Colonel of the Governor General's Foot Guards.

Awards

He is a Companion of the Order of Canada.
He has received honorary degrees from the Université de Moncton, University of Ottawa, Université de Montréal, University of Toronto, University of New Brunswick, Dalhousie University, University of British Columbia, and Saint Paul University.
From 1992 to 1998, Chief Justice Lamer was Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the 62^nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.

See also

★ List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Lamer Court)

★ Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Chief Justice Lamer

External links

★ Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner

★ Supreme Court of Canada - Chief Justice Antonio Lamer

★ Order of Canada Citation