About Us
The Manitoba Law Reform Commission is composed of five to seven members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Section 3 of The Law Reform Commission Act requires that the Commission’s membership include a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench; a full-time member of the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba; a lawyer entitled to practise in Manitoba and not in the employ of the government; and a non-lawyer. One of the members is appointed President of the Commission, and he or she must be a lawyer.
The current members of the Commission are:
President: Grant Driedger, Barrister and Solicitor, Smith Neufeld Jodoin LLP
Members:
Madam Justice Pfuetzner, Manitoba Court of Appeal
Madam Justice Greenberg, Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench
Dr. Laura Reimer, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba
Janesca Kydd, Lawyer, University of Manitoba
Marc Marion, Lawyer, Taylor McCaffrey LLP
Dr. Mary Shariff, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba
The current staff members of the Commission are:
Kristal Bayes-McDonald, Director/Legal Counsel
Stefanie Goldberg, Legal Counsel
Valerie Webster, Administrator