Simon Noël (born November 17, 1947) is a retired
Federal Court of Canada
The Federal Court of Canada, which succeeded the Exchequer Court of Canada in 1971, was a national court of Canada that had limited jurisdiction to hear certain types of disputes arising under the federal government's legislative jurisdiction. O ...
judge.
From 1979 to 1981, he acted as counsel on the
, and co-chief prosecutor on the Commission reviewing the
Somalia Affair.
Noël retired from the Federal Court on August 31, 2022.
On October 5, 2022 it was announced that the Governor General in Council had appointed Noël as the new
Intelligence Commissioner of Canada
The intelligence commissioner of Canada () is an independent officer of the Government of Canada charged with quasi-judicial review of the two most biggest intelligence agencies, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communica ...
for a five-year term, effective October 1, 2022.
References
1947 births
Living people
Judges of the Federal Court of Canada
French Quebecers
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