TRIBUNAL MEMBERS
The Tribunal is currently chaired by the Honourable Martine St-Louis, a judge of Federal Court. She was appointed Chairperson on December 21, 2016 for a term of five years. The Honorable Peter B. Annis, judge of the Federal Court, and the Honorable Frank N. Marrocco, Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court, are the other two members of the Tribunal.
The Honourable Martine St-Louis
She obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Montreal in 1987 and was admitted to the Barreau du Quebec in 1988. She practised with Ogilvy Renault (Norton Rose) from 1991 to 2000, with Heenan Blaikie from 2000 to 2001 and with McCarthy Tétrault from 2001 to April 2014. Her main areas of practice were immigration law, administration law, labour law and constitutional law.
Madam Justice St-Louis has been active with numerous professional organizations, including the Canadian Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the Association des avocats et avocates en droit de l'immigration.
On April 11, 2014, she was appointed Judge of the Federal Court and on June 3, 2015 she was appointed as a Member of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal.
On December 21, 2016, Justice St-Louis was appointed as Chairperson of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal.
The Honourable Peter B. Annis
He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1971, both from Queen's University. He received a doctorate from l'Université d'Aix-en-Provence in France in 1972. He was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1974.
Mr. Justice Annis was appointed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in 2010. Prior to that appointment, he was a mediator and arbitrator from 2006 to 2010. He was a partner with Vincent Dagenais Gibson LLP from 2002 to 2005, an associate and partner with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP from 1987 to 2001, and a partner with Honeywell, Wotherspoon from 1985 to 1986. He was the founding director of the Centre for Legal Translation and Documentation at the University of Ottawa and a legal officer at the Department of Justice Canada from 1972 to 1981. His main areas of practice were civil litigation, administrative law, labour and employment law, mediation and arbitration, and Aboriginal law.
He was a trustee of the Carleton County Law Association from 2005 to 2008. He was a member of l'Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario, and its president from 2000 to 2002. He was also a member of the Advocates Society, the Ontario Bar Association, the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario, and the Human Resources Professional Association, Ottawa chapter.
On February 8, 2013, he was appointed Judge of the Federal Court and on March 3, 2015 he was appointed as Member of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal.
The Honourable Frank N. Marrocco
Justice Marrocco is a graduate of the University of Toronto Law School. He was appointed to the Superior Court of Justice on November 1, 2005. On June 6, 2013 he was appointed Associate Chief Justice to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Prior to his appointment to the Superior Court he was a partner in the firm of Gowling Lafleur Henderson. From 2003 to 2005 he was the Treasurer (Bâtonnier) of The Law Society of Upper Canada.
On June 7, 2017, Justice Marrocco was appointed as a Member of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal.