| The Right Honourable Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer PC, CC, CD | |
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| 16th Chief Justice of Canada | |
| In office July 1, 1990 – January 6, 2000 |
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| Nominated by | Brian Mulroney |
| Appointed by | Ray Hnatyshyn |
| Preceded by | Brian Dickson |
| Succeeded by | Beverley McLachlin |
| Puisne Justice | |
| In office March 28, 1980 – July 1, 1990 |
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| Nominated by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Louis-Philippe Pigeon |
| Succeeded by | William Stevenson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 8, 1933 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | November 24, 2007 (aged 74) Ottawa, Ontario |
Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer, PC, CC, CD (July 8, 1933 – November 24, 2007) was a Canadian lawyer, jurist and the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Personal life [link]
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he served in the Royal Canadian Artillery from 1950 to 1954 and in the Canadian Intelligence Corps from 1954 to 1960. In 1956, he graduated in law from the Université de Montréal and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1957.
In 1987, he married Justice Danièle Tremblay-Lamer, a judge on the Federal Court.
He died in Ottawa of a cardiac condition on November 24, 2007.[1][2]
Career [link]
He practised in partnership at the firm of Cutler, Lamer, Bellemare and Associates and was a full professor in the Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal, where he was also a lecturer in criminology.
On December 19, 1969, at the age of 36, he was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court and to the Queen's Bench (Crown Side) of the province of Quebec. In 1978, he was elevated to the Quebec Court of Appeal and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1980. He was named Chief Justice on July 1, 1990 and retired on January 7, 2000.
He joined the law firm Stikeman Elliott in a senior advisory role and was appointed Associate Professor of Law at the Université de Montréal in 2000. He was appointed Communications Security Establishment Commissioner on June 19, 2003, a position he held until August 1, 2006. He also served as Honorary Colonel of the Governor General's Foot Guards.
In March 2003, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador chose Lamer to oversee an inquiry into how the criminal justice system dealt with three discredited murder convictions. The hearings lasted about three years. Specifically Lamer was tasked to conduct an investigation into the death of Catherine Carroll and the circumstances surrounding the resulting criminal proceedings against Gregory Parsons, and an investigation into the death of Brenda Young and the circumstances surrounding the resulting criminal proceedings against Randy Druken. Lamer was also asked to inquire as to why Ronald Dalton’s appeal of his murder conviction took eight years before it was brought on for a hearing in the Court of Appeal.[3]
Awards [link]
He was a Companion of the Order of Canada. He received honorary degrees from the Université de Moncton, University of Ottawa, Université de Montréal, University of Toronto, University of New Brunswick, Dalhousie University, University of British Columbia, and Saint Paul University.
From 1992 to 1998, Chief Justice Lamer was Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the 62nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.
See also [link]
- List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Lamer Court)
- Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Chief Justice Lamer
References [link]
- ^ "Antonio Lamer n’est plus". La Presse. 2007-11-25. https://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20071125/CPACTUALITES/71125023/6488/CPACTUALITES. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ "Former Supreme Court chief justice Antonio Lamer dies". CBC News. 2007-11-25. https://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/11/25/lamer-obit.html. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ "Government of Newfoundland Labrador News Release", June 21, 2006. Accessed November 26, 2007.
External links [link]
- Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner
- Supreme Court of Canada biography
- Order of Canada Citation
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| Preceded by Pierre Bouvette |
Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the 62nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA 1992–1998 |
Succeeded by Ben Weider |
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Lamer
The term "Lamer" is derived from the word "lame".
Other uses of the word "lamer": Lamer is a jargon or slang name originally applied in cracker and phreaker culture to someone who did not really understand what he or she was doing. Today it is also loosely applied by IRC, BBS, and online gaming users to anyone perceived to be contemptible. In general, the term has come to describe someone who is willfully ignorant of how things work.
A lamer is sometimes understood to be the antithesis of a hacker. While a hacker strives to understand the mechanisms behind what he or she uses, even when such extended knowledge would have no practical value, a lamer only cares to learn the bare minimum necessary to operate the device in the way originally intended.
In online games the term is thus used for players who mimic the behaviour of successful players without really understanding the benefits. That could be using tactics that are generally accepted as overpowered, camping" (another gamer term) which means lying in wait all the time without necessarily accomplishing anything useful, jumping around with no purpose. In fact, almost all negative gaming terms fit under the term lamer; the exceptions are terms that apply to newcomers or players who are bad at playing.
Lamer (disambiguation)
Lamer is a slang name.
Lamer may also refer to:
Lamers may also refer to:
