Family
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June 25, 2024
Canada sanctions Hamas ‘financiers’ in response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel
Declaring “we stand with the Israeli people and call for the immediate release of all hostages,” Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced dealings and entry bans of nine “financiers” of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad and two Hamas-affiliated financial exchange companies, “effective immediately.”
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June 25, 2024
Court refuses to provide state-funded counsel for parents in child protection appeal
Nova Scotia’s Children and Family Services Act provides authority for the Minister of Community Services to supervise and manage Nova Scotia’s child protection legislation and to appear in court with respect to any matter arising pursuant to the legislation. Each province in Canada has similar legislation, with Ontario’s Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to and Better Protection of Children being Canada’s first child welfare legislation, enacted in 1893.
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June 25, 2024
3 judicial appointments announced for Quebec
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a June 25 press release three judicial appointments in Quebec: Jonathan Coulombe, Justin Roberge and Antoine Aylwin.
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June 25, 2024
DEVOLUTION OF ESTATES — Intestacy — Distribution of net estate on intestacy — Determination of beneficiaries
Application by Plaintiffs ("Parents") for procedural orders seeking a stay of Petition in favour of the Notice of Civil Claim ("Action") or a consolidation of the Petition with the Action. Application by Dhaliwal ("Reenu") for order dismissing the Action. The deceased was survived by his Parents, the plaintiffs in the case.
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June 25, 2024
The More Beds, Better Care Act: Dangers disguised as legislation, part one
Each year, thousands of patients are admitted to the hospital in Ontario because of a need for acute care. Once the issue of acute care is resolved, these patients wait in the hospitals for another level of care and are designated as alternate level of care (ACL) patients.
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June 25, 2024
25 new judges, part two | Norman Douglas
Generally (specifics to follow), the answer is all about control.
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June 24, 2024
25 new judges | Norman Douglas
The Ontario Court of Justice (Justices of the Peace, family court judges and criminal court judges) currently has approximately 300 members.
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June 24, 2024
Ontario anti-SLAPP law has strayed too far away from its original intention, lawyer says
Ontario’s top court has overturned a decision that dismissed a man’s defamation case as a strategic lawsuit against public participation, or SLAPP, but a legal expert is saying the ruling once again demonstrates the failings of the province’s current anti-SLAPP legislation.
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June 21, 2024
Public school boards are bound by Charter; tribunals’ Charter rulings reviewed for correctness: SCC
In an important Charter and standard of review case, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that labour arbitrators and other administrative tribunals “should play a primary role” in deciding Charter issues within their bailiwicks — which Charter determinations courts should review on a “correctness” rather than “reasonableness” standard — and that the Charter applies to Ontario public school boards, thereby protecting board employees’ reasonable expectations of privacy in their workplaces and shielding employees from unreasonable search or seizure by their employers.
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June 21, 2024
Feds ban foreign students from ‘flagpoling’ at border to bypass work permit wait times
The federal government has announced that foreign nationals will no longer be allowed to apply for post-graduation work permits (PGWP) at the border, according to a release by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).