Constitutional
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October 17, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal orders new hearing for youth-driven climate constitutional challenge
A landmark challenge of Ontario’s climate change legislation has been given new life by the province’s top court.
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October 16, 2024
Growing Yukon planning to increase electoral districts
In a bid to address a growing population, the territory of Yukon has tabled legislation that would increase its number of electoral districts.
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October 16, 2024
Lightening the land: Restoring balance and the case for Indigenous fire management
Canada faces an escalating wildfire crisis. Year after year, uncontrolled flames consume vast landscapes and jeopardize the livelihoods of countless people and their communities. In 2023, 2.84 million hectares of forest and land burned in British Columbia alone — the worst in the province’s recorded history. This growing threat stands in stark contrast to the period before colonial disruption when Indigenous peoples expertly managed the land through cultural burning. These deliberate, small-scale fires effectively cleared underbrush, nurtured biodiversity and ultimately fortified ecosystems against larger, more destructive wildfires.
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October 11, 2024
Motion to set aside FCA judgment relating to Impact Assessment Act dismissed
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a motion to set aside an order from the same court due to the deemed unconstitutionality of the Impact Assessment Act.
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October 11, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal rejects accident victim's effort to amend claim to name truck driver
More than 10 years after a motorcycle accident seriously injured an Oshawa, Ont. man, the Ontario Court of Appeal has rejected his effort to amend his claim to reflect the identity of the truck driver he believes caused the accident.
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October 11, 2024
Ottawa introduces legislation to create commissioner for modern treaty implementation
The federal government has announced the introduction of legislation aimed at creating a new commissioner for modern treaty implementation to oversee self-government agreements between Ottawa and First Nations.
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October 09, 2024
With strike, court actions ended, McGill law profs, university go to arbitration
A “new path forward” has been forged between McGill University and its unionized law professors through a memorandum of understanding that ends both a faculty strike and the school’s legal challenge to the union’s existence.
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October 04, 2024
Alberta gives feds ultimatum over changes to Impact Assessment Act
Alberta has provided the federal government with a four-week deadline to remedy what it says are “unconstitutional provisions” in the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) or face a new legal challenge.
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October 04, 2024
Decision in defamation case surrounding 2022 Freedom Convoy protests ‘entirely predictable’: lawyer
An Ontario court has dismissed a defamation action brought against a non-profit organization that researches hate crimes for its alleged actions surrounding the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, with a judge saying the plaintiffs in the case were unable to bring a valid claim against the group.
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October 03, 2024
School board has statutory obligation to enforce minimum standard of conduct for trustees: court
An Ontario court has ruled against an Ottawa school board trustee who was reprimanded for violating the board’s code of conduct, saying the decision balanced her expressive rights with requirements under the provincial Education Act to enforce a minimum standard of conduct for board members.