Judges and Public Inquiries
2,948 views · Published 19 March 2010 · 51:29 · Indexed 30 October 2026
Channel: TVO Today · 2010 · Education
How do public inquiries influence public policy? Two Ontario Supreme Court judges, two Lead Commission Counsels and an academic expert share their analysis. Guests: Dennis O'Connor is the Associate Chief Justice for Ontario, who presided over two major public inquiries: the tainted water scandal in Walkerton, Ontario, and the wrongful imprisonment of Maher Arar. Paul Cavalluzzo is a lawyer who was lead commission counsel in the public inquiries for the water scandal in Walkerton and the wrongful imprisonment of Maher Arar. For more information see cavalluzzo.com. Stephen Goudge is the Ontario Court of Appeal Justice who headed the inquiry into the provinces forensic pathology system. Linda Rothstein is the lawyer who was lead commission counsel for the inquiry into the provinces forensic pathology system. For more information see her bio. Ed Ratushny is professor emeritus at University of Ottawas Faculty of Law and author of The Conduct of Public Inquiries.
