Beverley McLachlin Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada from 2000-2017, is a member of the Global Commission for Post-Pandemic Policy. The Covid Revolution 11 February 2021 In December 1862, in the throes of the American Civil War, which pitted the norms of slavery against the norms of freedom, US President Abraham Lincoln presented his emancipation plan to Congress. 11 February 2021