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- ↑ OUR COURTS ARE MOCKING JUSTICE Archived 2006-03-08 at the Wayback Machine REAL Women of Canada.
- ↑ "Openly gay judge named to Superior Court" . Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ↑ ONTARIO JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED Archived 2005-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Canada's Department of Justice News Room. June 19, 2003
- ↑ Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine BNA (Constitution) Act of 1867.