OTTAWA – The Law Society of Manitoba says former Tory cabinet minister Vic Toews has been named to the province’s Court of Queen’s Bench.
“I know him and I know when he was practicing he knew his stuff,” Allan Fineblit, of the Law Society of Manitoba, told Global News Friday. “I think he’ll surprise a lot of people.”
Toews has long been touted for a judicial appointment.
He was an MP from 2000 until his resignation last summer.
Toews was appointed justice minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s first cabinet in 2007, became president of the Treasury Board in 2007 and was named minister of public safety in 2010.
He is also a former Manitoba cabinet minister.
During his time in the federal cabinet, he earned a reputation as tough on law-and-order issues for championing Conservative justice causes like mandatory minimum sentences.
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