Constitutional
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August 09, 2024
N.B. Crowns reach labour deal with province
A “catastrophic” situation has been avoided in New Brunswick now that its Crown prosecutors voted in favour of a new collective agreement with the provincial government.
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August 07, 2024
Commission amends storage terms for OPG's Pickering nuclear waste management facility
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has granted a request by Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) to change the licensed storage terms for its Pickering Waste Management Facility (PWMF), despite opposition from First Nations.
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August 01, 2024
Appeal allowed in part relating to alleged discrimination on Air Canada flight
The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal in part, remitting a matter back to the Canadian Human Rights Commission to determine whether an international convention violates equality rights under the Charter, as the appellant alleged he faced discrimination on an Air Canada flight.
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August 01, 2024
Courts must cast an ‘eye to fairness’ in cases involving mental illness: legal mind
While courts are not “caretakers” for those with mental illness, they must still make sure “procedures are applied sensitively, contextually and with an eye to fairness,” says a legal mind after Nova Scotia’s highest court took the rare step of reopening the appeal of a man with schizophrenia who had shut it down.
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July 31, 2024
Federal political parties collecting sensitive voter data in a regulatory void, warns report
In a British Columbia courtroom this past May, the country’s three main political parties came together in common cause: to maintain unregulated access to sometimes sensitive voter information collected by a mushrooming industry of political consultants.
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July 30, 2024
Federal Court grants interlocutory injunction on CFIA guidelines impacting kosher meat production
The Federal Court has granted an interlocutory injunction in a case where a Jewish community group alleged that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) new rules infringed on their Charter rights by impacting the slaughter of kosher meat.
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July 30, 2024
Yukon, First Nations group sign agreement of ‘shared priorities’
Yukon has signed a 10-year “government-to-government” accord with a First Nation community to cement “shared priorities” of wellness, development, education and training.
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July 29, 2024
‘One would think’ people should be very concerned about impact of Ontario Place ruling, lawyer says
People may soon be seeing activity at Ontario Place after a judge rejected a constitutional challenge of legislation to fast-track construction of the controversial redevelopment project.
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July 29, 2024
5 Ontario judicial appointments announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a July 24 news release the appointment of five judicial appointees in Ontario: Renee M. Pomerance, E. Ria Tzimas, Michelle Flaherty, Brian DeLorenzi and Jacqueline A. Horvat.
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July 29, 2024
Purposefully disobeying court order comes with consequences: B.C. Chief Justice
B.C.’s top court has upheld the conviction of an Indigenous woman who had been found guilty of criminal contempt of court due to her protest of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline.