Suzanne Legault was the Information Commissioner of Canada from June 2010 to February 2018. Prior to her appointment, Legault was the Assistant Information Commissioner from 2007 to 2009 and held the position of interim Information Commissioner from June 2009 to June 2010.
Suzanne Legault | |
|---|---|
| Information Commissioner of Canada | |
| In office June 2010 – February 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Marleau |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Maynard |
Education
editIn 1988, Legault graduated from McGill Law School with a bachelor's degree in civil and common law.[1] She also went to the Osgoode Hall Law School to obtain an additional legal certificate in adjudication.[2]
Career
editLegault began her career as a defence lawyer throughout the 1990s and was briefly a Crown attorney. In 1996, she continued her legal career with the Competition Bureau and later became a counsel for the Department of Justice.[3]
From 2007 to 2009, Legault was the Assistant Information Commissioner of Canada. In June 2009, Legault was named interim Information Commissioner after the retirement of Robert Marleau.[4] Almost a year after being named interim Information Commissioner, Legault was appointed as the Information Commissioner of Canada in June 2010.[1]
Near the end of her seven year tenure, Legault declared that she was not seeking re-election as Information Commissioner when her position expired in June 2017.[5] However, Legault's position was extended twice to February 2018 when the Canadian federal government could not find an immediate successor.[6] Legault remained as Information Commissioner until the end of February 2018 after her replacement Caroline Maynard was announced.[7]
Awards and honours
editLegault was awarded the 2016 Spencer Moore Award by the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b O'Malley, Kady (3 June 2010). "Canada, meet your next information commissioner!". CBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Canada's Former Information Commissioners (1983 to 2009)". Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Department of Justice Canada Minister's Transition Book". Department of Justice. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Information Commissioner of Canada, Robert Marleau, announces his retirement". Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Beeby, Dean (6 April 2017). "Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault declines to reapply for her job". CBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Britneff, Beatrice (19 December 2017). "Trudeau extends information watchdog's term — again". iPolitics. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Leblanc, Daniel (21 February 2018). "Information watchdog blasts Liberals ahead of her retirement". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Spencer Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement". Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.