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Justice Louise Charron
retired early from the Supreme Court of Canada and wants a bit of time off before jumping back into the fray.
I lost the fire in my belly," Charron says candidly. "And as much as I enjoyed the work and I found it interesting and I was passionate about many aspects of it, it does take its toll. There is a certain treadmill feel to it. And I just asked myself the question as I turned 60, how long do you want to do that?" And, she points out, "It is perhaps a bit unfor- tunate that there's no ability to just reduce the workload as you can do in other aspects of the profession." Charron, 60, took many by surprise last May when she suddenly
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announced her decision to retire from the Supreme Court — 15 years shy of the court's mandatory retirement age of 75. She is younger than six members of the current court, including Michael Moldaver, one of
26 A PRIL 2012 w w w . CANADIAN Lawyermag.com
fter three decades in law, two of them on the bench, justice Louise Charron craved the one thing the Supreme Court couldn't give her. It could give her fascinating cases. It could give her a collegial work environment. It could give her a salary and perks that are the envy of many. But the one thing the Supreme Court couldn't give Louise Charron was a rest. "I was taken by the job and I really loved it but I also wanted to make sure that I would leave before
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TAKINGA By Elizabeth Thompson
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