Constitutional
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May 15, 2024
‘Conduct’ in U.S. pivotal in upholding of Nygard extradition: legal mind
Manitoba’s highest court has confirmed that alleged criminal “conduct” in a foreign land sits at the heart of weighing the issue of “double criminality” in extradition cases, says a legal mind following the failed attempt by a fallen fashion mogul to keep from being sent to the United States to face sex-crime and racketeering charges.
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May 07, 2024
Federal Court fishery decision a significant victory for Inuit land claims sovereignty
In a significant victory for Inuit, the Federal Court has quashed a government decision to reissue fishing licences to one of Canada’s largest seafood processors in waters off Nunavut that are covered by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
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May 06, 2024
Manitoba’s plan to loosen pot laws a welcome change: lawyer
A prominent cannabis lawyer credits Manitoba’s historic change in government for the recent move to reverse the province’s ban on growing pot at home.
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May 02, 2024
Constitutional challenge of COVID-era school masking rules moot: Alberta Court of Appeal
Alberta’s top court has dismissed a challenge of COVID-era school masking requirements as moot, but a legal expert says it would have been useful to have it weigh in on the constitutional arguments raised.
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May 01, 2024
McGill law school still running despite prof strike
McGill University’s law school continues to operate despite an ongoing strike by its unionized professors, administrators say.
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April 30, 2024
Law professor ‘very likely’ to seek leave to appeal Ontario decision on parliamentary immunity
Ontario’s top court has turned back a constitutional challenge of a law establishing a parliamentary committee to look at national security issues, despite finding it “very likely” restricts the right to free speech and debate in Parliament.
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April 29, 2024
Alberta challenges proposed plastic production cap amid global treaty negotiations
The Alberta government has announced that it will challenge any national cap on plastic production in court, claiming that the measure under consideration in ongoing negotiations for a global plastics treaty would cost the province thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investments.
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April 26, 2024
Court stays proposed class action against Canada related to '60s Scoop
The British Columbia Supreme Court has partially stayed a proposed class action against Canada that concerned the '60s Scoop for not complying with a settlement and being duplicative of another class action.
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April 26, 2024
Regulatory changes coming for Ontario lawyers in private practice, sole practitioners
In the name of protecting the public, Ontario’s law society has made it so lawyers in private practice will be required to have a client contingency plan should they unexpectedly have to stop providing legal services, and new sole practitioners will face possible suspension for not completing a “practice essentials course.”
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April 24, 2024
Twenty years since Haida: Where we have come and where we are going
It has now been 20 years since the Supreme Court of Canada released its monumental decision in Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) 2004 SCC 73, which formally established the duty to consult and accommodate. The Supreme Court stated in Haida that the Crown’s duty to consult and accommodate Indigenous peoples is based on the fundamental principle of the honour of the Crown, which is put into effect by specific actions.