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February 28, 2025
The Friday Brief: Editor-In-Chief's must-read items from this week
Here are my picks for the top stories we published this week.
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February 26, 2025
SCC halts use of its ‘X’ account ‘for now,’ citing ‘strategic priorities and resource allocation’
In a move that has sparked controversy in Canada and beyond, the Supreme Court of Canada tells Law360 Canada that “for now” it will no longer use its official account on X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, a high-profile billionaire associate of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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February 26, 2025
Women & 2SLGBTQI+ applicants came out ahead as ‘highly recommended’ for federal benches in 2023-2024
Asserting his new administration is “ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity,” U.S. President Donald Trump recently issued controversial executive orders banning diversity, equity and inclusion policies and hiring at the federal level in America. But in Canada, the most recent demographic statistics on federal judicial appointments and the professional competence and character assessments made by the Trudeau government’s non-partisan judicial advisory committees (JACs) indicate that diversity has gone hand in hand with “merit.”
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February 24, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal allows judicial review of telework provision for Library of Parliament
The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed a judicial review in part relating to telework and remote work provisions in an interest arbitral award given to the Library of Parliament.
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February 21, 2025
The Friday Brief: Editor-In-Chief's must-read items from this week
Here are my picks for the top stories we published this week.
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February 21, 2025
Seven criminal organizations listed as ‘terrorist entities’ subject to dealings, immigration bans
Canada has listed seven “transnational criminal organizations,” including street gangs and several major Mexican cartels that traffic in fentanyl, as “terrorist entities” under the Criminal Code — triggering immigration and dealings bans in Canada as well as expanding the tools law enforcement authorities have to trace and seize proceeds of crime, the federal government says.
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February 19, 2025
Anti-profit views unhelpful to Charter case against long-term care law | Heather Campbell Pope
When I was a young girl in the early ’90s, I would help my father deliver bottled water throughout southern Ontario. Some days we would go to downtown Toronto, where we brought spring water to the backstages of the city’s storied theatres, hydrating the performers and crews. Other times we delivered to airlines and the homes of famous athletes.
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February 18, 2025
Never say you are suicidal | David Dorson
On admission to any provincial jail or federal prison one of the first questions you will be asked is whether you have any suicidal feelings. This makes sense; the experience of being arrested can be quite traumatic, and sitting in a jail cell thinking about the consequences can easily bring thoughts of despair. Your life looks ruined and the future can seem bleak indeed.
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February 14, 2025
The Friday Brief: Editor-In-Chief's must-read items from this week
On February 12th, Law360 Canada was awarded Silver for Best Blog Column/Videocast/Podcast - Business at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards for the expert analysis series “Prison: A View From Inside.” See articles: here, here and here.
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February 11, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal upholds trade tribunal's rejection of airsoft pistol import
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) that an airsoft pistol could not be imported under the Customs Tariff as it met the definition of a replica firearm under the Criminal Code.