MANITOBA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED  

OTTAWA, June 1, 2007 - The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:

The Honourable Michael A. Thomson, a partner with Tapper Cuddy LLP in Winnipeg, is appointed a judge of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba, Family Division. He replaces Mr. Justice R. Carr ( Winnipeg), who elected to become a supernumerary judge.

Mr. Justice Michael Thomson received a Bachelor of Laws in 1984 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1981, both from the University of Manitoba and was admitted to the Bar of Manitoba in 1986. For more than 20 years he has practised with the firm of Tapper Cuddy LLP. His practice expertise is in the area of civil litigation, including child protection law, employment and labour law, and administrative law. Mr. Justice Thomson has been involved with the Committee for Consideration of Establishment of a Mental Health Court and was the President of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada. He has acted as a Board Member of the Manitoba Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, as pro bono counsel for the National Association of Japanese Canadians and as a volunteer minor hockey and minor soccer coach in Winnipeg.

This appointment is effective immediately.

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Geneviève Breton
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