00:00The Supreme Court of Canada, SCC, is the highest court in Canada.
00:07It constitutes the ultimate legal recourse for all judicial decisions, whether in civil, criminal, administrative or
00:14constitutional.
00:15The Court's decisions are made by a majority vote.
00:18In private law, the Court has jurisdiction over decisions concerning Quebec law, both civil law and...
00:24'elsewhere for the civil law of the other provinces, stemming from the common law tradition.
00:27The Court consists of nine judges, appointed by the monarch or governor general, following the recommendations of the prime minister.
00:34from Canada.
00:35With the exception of a few criminal decisions, the Supreme Court decides for itself which cases it hears.
00:41The Court renders between 40 and 75 decisions annually on appeal from decisions of provincial, territorial and federal courts.
00:47It is based in Ottawa in an imposing Art Deco-inspired building designed by Quebec architect Ernest Cormier.
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