Family
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July 29, 2024
5 Ontario judicial appointments announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a July 24 news release the appointment of five judicial appointees in Ontario: Renee M. Pomerance, E. Ria Tzimas, Michelle Flaherty, Brian DeLorenzi and Jacqueline A. Horvat.
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July 26, 2024
SCC’s 9-0 judgment on interpreting historic treaties a big win for First Nations, their counsel say
Live up to the honour of the Crown and its “sacred” treaty promises — or the courts will step in. That might sum up the message from the Supreme Court of Canada to the defendant governments of Ontario and Canada in a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit by Anishinaabe First Nations, who ceded by treaty 174 years ago a huge swath of their traditional Northern Ontario territories only to have successive federal and provincial governments “dishonourably” flout that treaty by barely compensating the cash-strapped Indigenous communities while the Crown and big business reaped billions over the decades from the mineral, timber and other resources of the ceded lands.
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July 26, 2024
‘Stop tinkering at the edges’ of outdated B.C. child and youth welfare system, report says
The B.C. government is pledging to take action after the release of a scathing report that called for systemic change to its child and youth welfare system.
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July 26, 2024
Judicial appointment announced for Newfoundland and Labrador
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of Trina D. Simms as a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador in St. John’s, according to a July 24 news release.
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July 25, 2024
Judicial appointment announced for Northwest Territories
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of Karin L.E. Taylor as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, according to a July 24 news release.
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July 25, 2024
PM announces National Security and Intelligence Review Agency appointments
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a July 24 news release the appointment of Marie Deschamps, Craig Forcese and Charles Fugère to the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA).
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July 25, 2024
Ottawa ordered to disclose memos about CUAET immigration program targeted by Charter challenge
A novel Charter challenge — which contends that Ottawa’s expansive Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) policy for war-affected Ukrainians unfairly discriminated against Taliban-targeted Afghans who face stricter immigration requirements — is proceeding to next steps after the Federal Court rejected a bid by the federal attorney general to avoid disclosing information that sheds light on what went into devising the generous immigration policy for Ukrainians.
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July 24, 2024
The Zoom divorce | Gary Joseph
Spoiler alert: I have never supported expanded tolerance of advertising for lawyers.
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July 24, 2024
Judges weighing contempt of court must consider children’s best interests: lawyer
Judges must take a nuanced approach when trying contempt of court charges in family law cases involving children, says a Nova Scotia lawyer acting for a father who accused his ex of alienating him from their kids.
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July 24, 2024
Collaborative law and its role in estate disputes
Collaborative law, commonly used in family law, is an innovative approach to dispute resolution — introduced to the Canadian legal landscape in 1998 — where the lawyers and parties involved in a dispute agree in advance to resolve their conflict using co-operative strategies that are out of court rather than adversarial techniques and litigation.