Access to Justice
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August 29, 2024
Right to data portability soon coming into effect in Quebec
Organizations doing business in Quebec face new compliance obligations as the right to data portability comes into force at the tail end of September, spelling the end of a one-year leniency period following the entry into force of Quebec’s sweeping overhaul of its privacy regime.
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August 29, 2024
New Brunswick appeal addresses colour of right
Tanya Mary Parsons wanted to return to work. She was receiving CPP disability benefits but was delighted to learn she could continue to receive them and accept employment with Moving Forward for Better Inc. as a data entry clerk. Under the program, she could work initially for 10 hours each week (later increased to 15 hours a week) without losing her CPP benefits.
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August 28, 2024
Federal Court: PPSC may intervene in dispute over disclosure of RCMP terror investigation documents
The director of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada has been granted leave to intervene in a proceeding concerning whether the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) can compel the RCMP to produce documents subject to solicitor-client privilege in respect of a complaint investigation.
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August 28, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal rejects child relocation ruling, pointing to numerous errors by trial judge
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in a case of a mother wanting to relocate her child to Ireland, ruling that the trial judge misapprehended evidence and had a reasonable apprehension of bias.
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August 28, 2024
Manitoba increasing support for victims’ services
Manitoba is using the seized proceeds of crime to boost support for victims. It was announced on Aug. 27 that the provincial government is increasing this year’s funding to Manitoba Justice Victims Services by 50 per cent.
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August 28, 2024
Identity of killer key factor in decision to order new murder trial
The Crown alleged that Zenen Cepeda Silva, 69, was sitting on the front porch of his Vancouver duplex late on the evening of Jan. 26, 2019, when he and his wife, Maria Baldivia, were approached by Alvaro Julio Roche-Garcia, 58, who fired one shot at Cepeda Silva, hitting him in the pelvis area and severing an artery.
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August 28, 2024
Cabinet blocks cryptocurrency mining projects from access to electricity | Sara Blake
Some regulatory statutes authorize Cabinet or a minister to issue binding directives to the regulator. What is the scope of this authority?
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August 23, 2024
Federal Court rejects immigration officer’s flawed, ‘generic’ analysis of kids’ best interests
Addressing a recurrent error in decisions by immigration officers, the Federal Court has ruled that an immigration officer’s “effectively generic” analysis of the best interests of three children who risk being sent to Nigeria with their Nigerian parents “fatally flaws” the officer’s decision to reject the family’s application for permanent residence in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) grounds.
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August 23, 2024
Pre-release: Where’s the fair? | John Chaif
For incarcerated people, particularly long-term, the transition from life behind prison walls to life in communities across the country can be very challenging. Organizations do exist to help. They exist because successful prison-to-community transitions reduce crime rates in the community.
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August 22, 2024
Recorded messages focus of unsuccessful Ontario Court of Appeal bid
There is no doubt that Marc Pierre Gauthier killed Tammy Avery in their Sturgeon Falls apartment on Nov. 14, 2017. That was admitted by defence counsel Dan Baker when he addressed a seven-woman, five-man jury in Superior Court in North Bay.