Marc Nadon won't have to repay his Supreme Court salary

Justice Marc Nadon will not have to pay back nearly six months of salary he earned before the top court rejected his appointment.

A spokesperson for Justice Minister Peter MacKay's office told CBC News in an email late Wednesday afternoon that the government will not seek retroactive repayment from Nadon.

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"The government won't be retroactively changing JudgeNadon'spay," said Mary AnnDewey-Plante, the director of communications forMacKay.

The confirmation came in response to a statement earlier Wednesday from the registrar for the Supreme Court, who said it was up to the justice minister to decide whetherNadonshould pay back the salary.

"The registrar has reviewed the facts and the statutory framework and has concluded that he is not in a position to make a determination about whether or not there has been anyoverpaymentof salary or allowances to JusticeNadon."

"Any determination about whether or not there has been an overpayment rests with the minister of justice," RogerBilodeau, the registrar for the Supreme Court of Canada, said in the written statement.

Bilodeau administers the salaries and allowances of the judges of the Supreme Court on behalf of the minister of justice.

Nadon collected a salary from the top court fromOct.3, 2013, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed him, untilMarch 21when theSupreme Court ruled hewas ineligible to represent Quebec on the top court's bench.

Nadon is currently serving on the Federal Court of Appeal.