The Honourable Anick Pelletier was appointed to the Tax Court of Canada in 2022.
Prior to her appointment to the Bench, Associate Chief Justice Pelletier had a long career at the Department of Justice Canada, which she joined in 1993. There, she first worked as a litigator, conducting litigation in areas such as bankruptcy and insolvency, administrative law, Crown liability, and tax collection. Her practice in tax law led her to handle complex Indigenous tax cases. She then held various management positions with a significant law management component in the department’s Quebec Regional Office. In 2008, she joined the Tax Law Services Portfolio as Associate Assistant Deputy Minister and, in 2019, she was appointed as Deputy Assistant Deputy Attorney General of the National Litigation Sector. Three years later, she returned to the department’s Tax Law Services Portfolio, this time as Assistant Deputy Minister, a position she held until her appointment to the Tax Court of Canada.
Associate Chief Justice Pelletier has lectured as part of the Barreau du Québec’s training activities. She has also mentored students from the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Civil Law who were participating in the Pierre-Basil Mignault Moot Court Competition.
Associate Chief Justice Pelletier obtained her Licentiate in Civil Law and her Master of Laws from the University of Ottawa. She was called to the Barreau du Québec in 1993.