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Supreme Court nominee Sheilah Martin veers from the controversial during questioning from MPs
By Marco Vigliotti Dec. 5, 2017
The latest nominee for the country's highest court was largely relegated to generalities and overarching sentiments during the course of her roughly two-hour cross-examination by members of the House and Senate.
Justice Sheilah Martin listens intently during a question-and-answer session with members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, members of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, and representatives from the Bloc Québécois and the Green Party, in Ottawa on Tuesday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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