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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 24, 2024
Judicial appointment announced for Alberta
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a June 24 press release the appointment of Karan M. Shaner as a justice of appeal of the Court of Appeal of Alberta in Edmonton.
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June 24, 2024
Judicial appointment in Northwest Territories announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a June 24 press release the appointment of Annie Piché as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories in Yellowknife.
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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
The Friday Brief: Managing Editor’s must-read items from this week
Here are my picks for the top stories we published this week.
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June 21, 2024
Do vegan weiners pass muster? | Marcel Strigberger
I suppose you’re all wondering about Joey Chestnut? No doubt. Chestnut is the world’s fastest eating hot dog champ. He holds the Guinness record for downing 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Unfortunately Nathan’s Famous hot dogs has banned him from competing in the Coney Island annual July 4th contest. The reason is he apparently signed a deal with Impossible Foods, which makes vegan hot dogs. Nathan’s cites a conflict of interest, and this position is supported by, and I am not making this up, the MLE, to wit the Major League Eating organization which overseas competitive eating events.
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June 21, 2024
National Indigenous Peoples Day: ‘For some reason, I don’t feel lucky’ | Tony Stevenson
Today has been declared National Indigenous Peoples Day. We recognize and celebrate the history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis across Canada. Every year, numerous activities are organized across the country on June 21 to showcase the richness and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultural expressions and stories. This holiday was given to my people in 1996 by the then-governor general Romeo Leblanc.
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June 21, 2024
New director of the Public Prosecution Service announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani recently announced the appointment of George Dolhai as the new director of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), effective June 21, 2024.
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June 21, 2024
3 judicial appointments in Ontario
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a June 18 press release three judicial appointments to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario: Barbara A. MacFarlane, Colleen Yamashita and S. James Mountford.
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June 20, 2024
Ottawa lists Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity in Criminal Code
The Government of Canada listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code, effective June 19, 2024.