He was a Justice of the Quebec Superior Court from 1982 to 2007, and appointed Commissioner for the Royal Commission investigating the Sponsorship scandal in 2004.
[1] Growing up the in anglophone community of Montreal West, Gomery did not encounter francophone culture until attending McGill University at 18.
In 1982, Gomery was appointed to Quebec Superior Court Montreal district by Minister of Justice Mark MacGuigan.
Restoring Accountability: Recommendations,[5] assisted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with further investigations, which led to criminal charges being filed and prosecuted against certain key figures in the scandal.
Others also criticized Gomery's terms of reference which did not allow the inquiry to investigate Paul Martin's contracting habits as finance minister.
The federal judge also ruled that Gomery's comments on "small town cheap" amounted to a personal insult against Chrétien.
The court criticized the Gomery inquiry's conclusions that Chrétien and Jean Pelletier bore responsibility for the sponsorship scandal.