'Taunted and harassed' as a youth, judge Mahmud Jamal receives historic Supreme Court nomination

CTV National News: Historic judicial nomination Prime Minister Trudeau has nominated the Honourable Mahmud Jamal as the next member of the Supreme Court. CTV’s Kevin Gallagher explains

Ottawa — The judge poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada says he experienced discrimination "as a fact of daily life" while growing up.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominated Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Mahmud Jamal to the top court Thursday to replace retiring member Rosalie Abella.

Born in 1967 in Nairobi, Kenya, to a family originally from India, Jamal moved two years later to Britain.

In a questionnaire submitted as part of his application to the Supreme Court, Jamal said that because he attended Anglican schools, he received a hybrid religious and cultural upbringing.