Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says he didn’t break any rules in naming a friend of his as a Quebec court judge.
Speaking to reporters Saturday at the first of a two-day Coalition Avenir Québec policy convention in Sherbrooke, Que., Jolin-Barrette said he respected “all the rules” when he named his longtime friend Charles-Olivier Gosselin to the bench last week.
Jolin-Barrette said his friendship with Gosselin was no secret and insists that it did not influence the nomination process earlier this month.
He said Gosselin was the best candidate and he was selected based on his competence after an independent committee recommended him and two other people.
Despite this,
