Canada’s Globe & Mail reports..….The Canadian Judicial Council is considering multiple complaints against Justice David Spiro, a member of the Tax Court of Canada, over allegations that he sought to influence the hiring process at the University of Toronto’s law school.
Council spokeswoman Johanna Laporte said in an e-mail that complaints against the judge are “currently being reviewed.” She declined to say how many the council has received. The Globe and Mail is aware of at least three complainants.
Justice Spiro is a 1987 graduate of the law school. Before the Liberal government appointed him to the Tax Court last year, he advised the law school on its $30-million fundraising campaign. His extended family has donated tens of millions of dollars to the University of Toronto and its affiliated hospitals.
Read more at. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/canada/article-tax-court-judge-accused-of-pressuring-u-of-t-law-school-not-to-hire/
