As the late Mr. Justice Bora Laskin, former Justice of the Supreme Court, reminded us in 1969 in a series of lectures called the " British Tradition in Canadian Law," the appointment of judges was originally in the hands of British authorities as a matter of Royal Prerogative.
Comme le regretté juge Bora Laskin, ancien juge de la Cour suprême, nous le rappelle dans un recueil de conférences intitulé: British Tradition in Canadian Law, publié en 1969, la nomination des juges ressortissait aux autorités britanniques, comme prérogative royale.