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Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada

Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada
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The Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada (CFJA) is a Canadian federal government agency within the Department of Justice Canada.

History

CFJA was created in 1978 "to safeguard the independence of the judiciary and put federally appointed judges at arm’s length from the Department of Justice."[1]

Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould appointed Marc A. Giroux as Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs on June 21, 2017.[1:1][2] Giroux was re-appointed on June 21, 2022.[2:1]

Organization

CJFA is listed as being part of the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association's network.[3] It is also a member organization of the International Organization for Judicial Training (IOJT)[4] and a partner of the National Judicial Institute (NJI).[5]

CFJA provides administrative support to the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC),[6] and hosts the Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations (formerly known as the Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19).[7]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Marc A. Giroux Commissioner[2:2] Canadian Judicial Council (CJC)
Errolyn Humphreys Deputy Commissioner[8] Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
Natalie Duranleau Senior Executive Assistant to the Commissioner -
Jacinthe Rog Executive Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner -

Subsidiaries

  • Judicial Advisory Committee on International Engagement

  1. Davis, K. (2017, June 27). Minister Wilson-Raybould Names New Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs. Department of Justice Canada; Government of Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2017/06/minister_wilson-raybouldnamesnewcommissionerforfederaljudicialaf.html ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. The Commissioner. (2024, February 27). Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. https://www.fja.gc.ca/fja-cmf/commissioner-eng.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Our Network. Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA). Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://cscja.ca/our-network/ ↩︎

  4. Members. International Organization for Judicial Training. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250226233224/https://www.iojt.org/members ↩︎

  5. Judicial Education Partners. National Judicial Institute. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from https://www.nji-inm.ca/index.cfm/about/judicial-education-partners/ ↩︎

  6. Strategic Plan. (2019, May 13). Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. https://www.fja.gc.ca/fja-cmf/plan-eng.html ↩︎

  7. Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19. (2021, October 16). Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20211019223109/https://fja.gc.ca/COVID-19/index-eng.html ↩︎

  8. Episode 73: The TAP Project: Building Legal and Judicial Capacities in Developing Countries. (2024, February 8). Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/podcasts/the-tap-project-building-legal-and-judicial-capacities-in-developing-countries/ ↩︎