Glenn Kauth for The Law Times has picked up on the issue of government officials digging into the public purse to fund defamation litigation: Several recent cases in Ontario have raised the issue of how…
The Globe and Mail reports on continuing efforts by the Toronto police force to improve diversity amongst its ranks. In a city that is approximately 50% female and 50% non-white, Toronto’s officers are currently almost…
A 2008 Criminal Code amendment is being challenged on the grounds that it imposes a reverse onus to disprove their guilt in court upon those who test above the legal limit on a Breathalyzer. This…
The prorogation of Parliament has created a big stir in the media with a continuous stream of letters to the editor and op-eds. Much of the response has been critical and the move by Prime…
In 2008, the Loi sur le système correctionnel et la mise en liberté sous condition, L.C. 1992, c. 20 was amended to prohibit smoking in federal prisons. Late last year, nineteen inmates serving lengthy sentences…
Comment on the article “Review Canada’s no-fly list, report urges,” found at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/review-canadas-no-fly-list-report-urges/article1425324/ Hani Al Telbani was a graduate student at Concordia University. Al Telbani was a Palestinian national who held a temporary residence permit…
Justice R.P. Marceau released a lengthy judgment today commenting on multiple Charter violations committed against a group of 24 inmates at the Edmonton Remand Centre (ERC).
The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix reports that the Saskatchewan government will not appeal a decision handed down this past December which deemed legislation prohibiting gang members from wearing their gang colours in permitted premises as unconstitutional.
The CBC reported that a Saskatchewan man who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and has not worked for six years after attempting to apprehend a shoplifter during the course of his work has been…
A story today out of the Calgary Herald reports that the University of Alberta is planning to outsource its e-mail to Google. A privacy impact assessment was conducted in the fall by Jonathan Schaeffer, vice-provost…
