Joel E. Fichaud is a judge of the

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. He was appointed to the court October 2003 after the retirement of Edward J. Flynn. Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeal he was a partner with Patterson Palmer in Halifax focusing on civil constitutional litigation. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1977. In 1977, following the election of the

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government the previous year, the

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set up a Committee on the Constitution. The Committee's mandate was to study and make recommendations on the

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. Fichaud was hired as the research assistant for the committee. The members of the Committee were drawn from each province of Canada, and included two future provincial premiers, a future Supreme Court of Canada justice, two future provincial chief justices, and a future Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations. The Committee presented its report to the CBA at the next annual meeting, in 1978. He was considered a contender for the 2008 opening at the Supreme Court of Canada after the retirement of

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