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References
- 1 2 3 4 "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". University of Toronto Press . Archived from the original on 2007-08-11.
- ↑ "La Forest, Gérard". Stewart McKelvey. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ↑ CBA Resolution 77-01-A: Constitution of Canada - Special Committee; reproduced in Canadian Bar Association: Towards a new Canada - Committee on the Constitution, p. xv.
External links
- Supreme Court of Canada biography
- "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". University of Toronto Press . Archived from the original on 2007-08-11.
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