Pierre Blais

Pierre Blais (born December 30, 1948) is a Canadian jurist and former politician and Cabinet minister. He also served as the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal until his retirement in June 2014. The SIRC was dissolved on July 19, 2019, with the creation of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency. Blais served as a member of the NSIRA until his term expired on May 1, 2020.

Education

Blais holds both a BA (1968) and an LLL (1976) from Laval University. Two years later, he was promoted to the position of Solicitor-General.

Blais retired as Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal effective June 23, 2014.