John B. Laskin is a justice of the

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of Canada. He was appointed as a law professor at the

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, and subsequently worked as a trial and appellate lawyer for over 30 years at

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. His uncle is

Bora Laskin Bora Laskin (October 5, 1912 – March 26, 1984) was a Canadian jurist who served as the 14th chief justice of Canada from 1973 to 1984. Laskin was appointed a puisne justice of the Supreme Court in 1970, and served on the Ontario Court of A ...

, formerly chief justice of Canada. His cousin is John I. Laskin, formerly a judge of the

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