A complaint alleging that the federal government’s use of inaccessible computer programs is discriminatory against employees with disabilities is headed to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT). Abigail Shorter, an employee of the federal government for…
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In a decision released on June 19, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that s. 2(a) of the Lanham Act, the act that regulates a national system of trademark registration, was unconstitutional….
On May 26, 2017, the Quebec Superior Court authorized a class action suit initiated by RAPLIQ, an organization that promotes and defends the rights of people with disabilities. The class action, estimated to include 20,000…
The coroner’s inquest into the fatal police shooting of Andrew Loku began on Monday. Mr. Loku was fatally shot by police in July of 2015. A Special Investigations Unit (SIU) investigation cleared the two officers…
Cascading fifteen meters and once surrounded by thick expanses of coniferous wood, Muskrat Falls is a natural waterfall located on the lower Churchill River west of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. In 2013, Nalcor Energy, a Newfoundland…
The Supreme Court of Canada has clarified the rules surrounding bail decisions, making it less likely that Canadians living in poverty will be denied bail because they cannot afford a cash deposit. R. v. Antic…
Trump’s administration has drafted a rule that would significantly relax the requirement that all employers provide a health care insurance plan that includes coverage for birth control. In August 2011 President Obama implemented a mandate…
A government bill sponsored by federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is on the cusp of amending the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) to include gender identity and expression as prohibited grounds of discrimination. The Standing…
The revised Executive Order of President Trump “speaks with vague words of national security, but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination,” was how Chief Justice Gregory of the Fourth Circuit Court of…
On Monday, May 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court released their decision striking down two congressional districts, District 1 and 12, in North Carolina for being racially discriminatory. The majority concluded that North Carolina’s districting concentrated…
