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Archie Gray Campbell (13 April 1942 – 17 April 2007) was a former Justice of the
Superior Court of Ontario The Superior Court of Justice (French: ''Cour supérieure de justice'') is a superior court in Ontario. The Court sits in 52 locations across the province, including 17 Family Court locations, and consists of over 300 federally appointed judges. ...
and the lower Ontario Court.


Biography

Born in
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,
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, Campbell graduated from
Osgoode Hall Law School Osgoode Hall Law School, commonly shortened to Osgoode, is the law school of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the Law Commission of Ontario, the ''Journal of Law and Social Policy'', and the ''Osgoode Hall Law Journal ...
in 1967. He worked at the
Attorney General of Ontario The attorney general of Ontario is the Attorney general, chief legal adviser to Monarchy in Ontario, His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario and, by extension, the Government of Ontario. The attorney general is a senior member of the Executi ...
's office as appeal counsel for the attorney general and as deputy attorney general. He later was senior policy advisor to the current Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Ontario
Roy McMurtry Roland Roy McMurtry (May 31, 1932 – March 18, 2024) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985, serving in the cabinet of Bill Dav ...
. Outside of the AG office, Campbell worked briefly at the Parkdale Legal Clinic in 1977 and taught at Osgoode Hall. He was appointed to the bench in 1986. Campbell's notable contributions included a 1995 inquiry into the police investigation of
Paul Bernardo Paul Kenneth Bernardo (born August 27, 1964), also known as Paul Jason Teale, is a Canadian serial rapist and serial killer dubbed the Scarborough Rapist, the Schoolgirl Killer and, together with his former wife Karla Homolka, one of the Ken an ...
's crimes and the 2003 SARS Commission inquiry. Campbell died of cancer and degenerative lung disease on 17 April 2007 in Toronto.


SARS Commission

In Canada, health-care workers made up 43 per cent of 2003
SARS epidemic Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1, the first identified strain of the SARS-related coronavirus. The first known cases occurred in November 2002, and the synd ...
cases. An inquiry was called by then-Premier
Ernie Eves Ernest Larry Eves (born June 17, 1946) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 23rd premier of Ontario from 2002 to 2003. A Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Progressive Conservative, he took over the premiership up ...
who selected Campbell to be the Chairman. The SARS Commission report can be found in the
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, and has five volumes. In total, more than 2000 pages were written by Campbell and his staff. Campbell was selected from amongst the supernumerary justices of Ontario on 10 June 2003 by the government of
Ernie Eves Ernest Larry Eves (born June 17, 1946) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 23rd premier of Ontario from 2002 to 2003. A Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Progressive Conservative, he took over the premiership up ...
, whose Conservative colleagues held the legislature at the time of the inquiry's formation and indeed the
SARS epidemic Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1, the first identified strain of the SARS-related coronavirus. The first known cases occurred in November 2002, and the synd ...
itself, which had hit the shores of Toronto on 23 February 2003. In his final report, Campbell fixed a list of Thirteen Essential Questions, which are enumerated below: # Why Does SARS Matter Today? # How Bad Was SARS? # What Went Right? # What Went Wrong? # Were Precautions Relaxed Too Soon? # Who Is There to Blame? # Was Information Withheld? # Did Politics Intrude? # Was SARS I Preventable? # Was SARS II Preventable? # Were Health Workers Adequately Protected? # Are We Safer Now? # What Must Be Done? Campbell issued a large number of recommendations: by some counts 92.


See also

* Walker Panel - aka Ontario "Expert Panel on SARS and Infectious Disease Control" * COVID-19 in Canada


References


Bibliography

* 1942 births 2007 deaths Judges in Ontario Lawyers from Montreal Lawyers from Toronto 2002–2004 SARS outbreak 2003 establishments in Ontario Deaths from cancer in Ontario {{Canada-law-bio-stub