NB Lieutenant-Governor Does Not Need to Be Bilingual, Says Court of Appeal

NB Lieutenant-Governor Does Not Need to Be Bilingual, Says Court of Appeal
New Brunswick Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy places a wreath at the cenotaph as part of the provincial Remembrance Day ceremony in Fredericton, on Nov. 11, 2023. The Canadian Press/Stephen MacGillivray
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New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal says that while it is desirable for the province’s lieutenant-governor to be bilingual, the Constitution doesn’t impose such a requirement.

In its decision released on May 23, the Court of Appeal reversed a lower court ruling that said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated constitutional language protections when he appointed unilingual anglophone Brenda Murphy as lieutenant-governor in 2019.