The Icelandic Canadian - 01.03.1974, Side 56

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
SPRING 1974
IN THE NEWS
Assistant Deputy Minister, Attorney-General’s Dept.
Attorney General Howard Pawley
has announced the appointment of
Gilbert Raymond Goodman, Q.C.,
director of prosecutions for Manitoba,
as an assistant deputy minster in his
department.
Mr. Goodman will be responsible
for co-ordinating the provincial gov-
ernment’s legislative program and will
direct the progress of legislation from
approval-in-principle by cabinet to its
publication in the statutes.
He will also report to the attorney-
general on the activities of the Land
Titles Office, the Office of Public
Trustee and legislative counsel. His
other duties will include sitting on
the Remission Board, supervising legal
research for proposed government
programs, review reports by the Law
Reform Commission and act as the
minister’s liaison officer in policy mat-
ters relating to that commission as well
as the Human Rights Commission.
“Essentially,” said Mr. Pawley, “Mr.
Goodman will coordinate the legis-
lative activities of the various depart-
ments of government with a view to
making whatever refinements that may
be necessary. He has also indicated
an interest in engaging in various
special projects relating to planning
and programming in the field of crim
inal justice as well as prosecuting cer-
tain special cases when the Legislature
is not in session.”
Mr. Goodman was born in Win-
nipeg and graduated in law from the
University of Manitoba in 1960. He
articled first with White, Walker and
Gilbert Raymond Goodman
Irish and later with Inkster, Walker,
Irish and Hughes before joining the
Manitoba Attorney General’s Depart-
ment in 1961 as a crown attorney. In
1968 he was appointed senior crown
attorney in City of Winnpeg’s provin-
cial judges court and director of pro-
secutions for Manitoba in March 1969.
Lie was named a Q.C. in the January
1, 1971 honors list.
Mr. Goodman is the son of Gud-
mundur and Johanna Goodman.