The 60-year-old is the first Black chief of Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal, the province’s highest court
and was inspired by the civil rights movement to take up law has become the first Black chief justice of Ontario, and the first of any province.
Chief Justice Tulloch has been deeply involved in the Black community, as a founder of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers and as chair of the advisory board of the Black Business and Professional Association. He helped found Second Chance Scholarship Foundation, which provides assistance to youth who have been in conflict with the law.
Frank Walwyn, a Bay Street lawyer and former president of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, said Chief Justice Tulloch has big shoes to fill; his predecessor, George Strathy, was “a true human.” He believes the new chief justice is up to the challenge. But it was his late father Pierre’s political rival, Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney, who appointed the first Black chief justice of a federally appointed court. Julius Isaac was chief justice of the Federal Court of Canada from 1991 to 1999. At the time, the court contained two divisions, one for trials and one for appeals.
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