Constitutional
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September 06, 2024
Ontario Review Board must properly give reasons to find ‘significant risk’ to public: lawyer
A recent appeal court decision is “yet another reminder” for the Ontario Review Board to always keep its eye on the “high legal test” needed when determining if a mentally ill offender poses a significant risk to the public, says the lawyer of a man with schizophrenia seeking freedom from oversight.
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September 05, 2024
Open letter from lawyers again demands government prevent the extradition of Hassan Diab
A group of 117 lawyers and legal academics is again appealing to the federal government to guarantee it will not extradite Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab to France for a crime they say he didn’t commit.
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September 04, 2024
Appeal court rules COVID-19 benefit income threshold violated Charter
In what one lawyer described as a “leap forward” in the application of s. 15 Charter rights to legislation, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal government’s $5,000 threshold for its COVID-19 unemployment benefits infringed on the Charter rights of an Ontario woman who did not qualify due to her disability.
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September 03, 2024
Yukon report outlines lawyer shortage, lack of legal aid help
Yukon’s law society is hoping the territory’s natural beauty will lure more lawyers into living and working there, says an official. The territory is experiencing a shortage of lawyers in its private bar as is laid out in a recently released report from the Law Society of Yukon (LSY).
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August 30, 2024
Public inquiry into foreign interference to hear from policy experts this fall
Experts on foreign interference in democratic elections and institutions will begin testifying this fall as a federal public inquiry enters a crucial policy stage that could help shape future legislative changes.
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August 30, 2024
2 justices of appeal announced in B.C.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced that Sheri Ann Donegan and W. Paul Riley have been appointed justices of appeal of the Court of British Columbia, an Aug. 29 news release stated.
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August 30, 2024
4 judges of supreme court announced in B.C.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced that Andrea L. Ormiston, Tina L. Dion, David M. Layton and Eric V. Gottardi have been appointed judges of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, an Aug. 29 news release stated.
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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 23, 2024
Labour experts: Binding arbitration best hope to end rail strike, but could violate Charter
Binding arbitration offers the best hope of resolving the labour tensions plaguing Canada’s two major railways but still presents a potential legal risk, two labour relations experts observed Friday, Aug. 23, as the rapidly evolving dispute continued to unfold.
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August 23, 2024
Number of interveners in electoral system challenge show that Canadians care about reform: lawyer
Ontario’s top court will soon be grappling with the issue of whether Canada’s first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system is unconstitutional — and will have the arguments of a number of interested organizations to help guide its decision-making.