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- Court trims provinces' power over judges:ruling favours Paul Cosgrove from the Ottawa Citizen October 28,2005.
- ↑ https://nationalpost.com/m/story.html?id=1360876&s=Related+Topics&is=Rob%20Nicholson&it=Person [ dead link ]
- ↑ "Remove judge, judicial panel urges – Toronto Star". Toronto Star . 31 March 2009.
- 1 2 nurun.com. "Cosgrove weighs options".
- ↑ "Cosgrove steps down – Toronto Star". Toronto Star . 2 April 2009.
