Harry LaForme
1946 births | canadian judges | living people | mississauga first nation
Justice Harry S. LaForme (born October 31, 1946) is a Canadian judge.
A member of the Mississaugas people, Justice LaForme is the first First Nations appellate court judge in Canadian history. He has served as the Commissioner of the Indian Commission of Ontario; as the Chair of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Land Claims; and – until his resignation in October 2008 – as head of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission. >
In 2002, LaForme served on the Ontario Divisional Court panel that ruled that denying same-sex couples the right to marry was a violation of their civil rights; his suggestion – that marriage be redefined – was subsequently adopted by the Ontario Court of Appeal. >
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