Constitutional
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September 19, 2024
Bar groups, regulators condemn Manitoba NDP’s ouster of lawyer MLA over Nygard connection
The Law Society of Manitoba, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (FLSC) and Crown and defence bar groups are deploring comments publicly made by Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Mike Moyes, chair of the governing NDP caucus, that purported to justify expelling a Winnipeg criminal lawyer from their caucus because he works at a law firm that defends Peter Nygard, a high-profile Manitoban recently convicted of multiple sex crimes.
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September 18, 2024
Ontario court finds no evidence to suggest reconsidering 1996 SCC ruling on Catholic school funding
An Ontario court has turned back a constitutional challenge to funding for the province’s Roman Catholic schools, and a legal expert says the case is further evidence that the only way to bring about change to the system would be through constitutional amendment.
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September 16, 2024
Public invited to comment on federal government’s proposed AI strategy
The federal government is kicking off the next phase of its public consultations on how artificial intelligence (AI) should or should not be used by the federal public service.
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September 13, 2024
2 associates join Aird & Berlis Vancouver
A recent news release from Aird & Berlis LLP announced that Rikki Logan and Lauren Mar joined the firm’s Indigenous practice group in Vancouver.
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September 11, 2024
Ontario’s Tamil genocide education week law does not suppress expression: Court of Appeal
Ontario’s top court has turned back a challenge of a provincial law that recognized a genocide against the Tamil people during Sri Lanka’s civil war, rejecting arguments it infringed on free expression and equality rights.
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September 12, 2024
Nova Scotia moving to strengthen services for French population
Nova Scotia is proposing legislative changes in efforts to strengthen its commitment to the province’s growing number of French residents.
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September 11, 2024
Class action filed against City of Whitehorse over various accessibility barriers
A proposed class action has been filed in the Supreme Court of Yukon alleging Charter violations against the City of Whitehorse for excessive accumulation of ice and snow, severely restricting the mobility of those who live with physical, neurological or musculoskeletal disabilities or legal blindness.
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September 11, 2024
Judicial review of federal support for B.C. coastal protections is premature, rules Federal Court
The Federal Court has rejected an application by British Columbia’s third-largest Indigenous community for judicial review of the federal government’s decision to endorse a plan to protect sensitive marine habitat along the province’s northwest coast.
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September 10, 2024
Facebook broke privacy law in disclosing user data to third-party apps, rules federal appeal court
Facebook broke federal privacy law between 2013 and 2015 when it shared Facebook users’ personal information with third-party applications without obtaining meaningful consent for the disclosures, the Federal Court of Appeal has held.
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September 09, 2024
Manitoba court approves $530M settlement involving special allowances for children in care
The Manitoba Court of King’s Bench has approved three class action settlements totalling $530 million related to the province’s withholding or clawing back of the children’s special allowance (CSA) for kids in the care of provincially funded Indigenous and non-Indigenous child and family services (CFS) agencies.