Canadian politician and legal academic born in 1963. Liberal MP for LaSalle-Emard-Verdun, he served as Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and then as federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (2019–2024) under Justin Trudeau. A former McGill law professor specialising in intellectual property, Lametti presided over significant contentious legislation including Bill C-11 (Online Streaming Act), criminal law amendments, and medical assistance in dying (MAID) expansions.
As Minister of Justice, shaped a pivotal era of Liberal legal reform in Canada, including MAID expansion (Bill C-7), the Online Streaming Act (C-11) regulating internet content, and reforms touching criminal sentencing. Represents the academic-lawyer-turned-minister archetype in Canadian Liberal governance.
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