British Columbia will once again have a Human Rights Commission. Newly in-power NDP Premier John Horgan made the announcement last week, returning the commission to the province after it was shuttered 15 years ago. The…
Candice Lewis is a 25 year old Newfoundland & Labrador woman reported to be living with a number of conditions, including spina bifida, cerebral palsy, and chronic seizure disorder. Lewis was in a St. Anthony hospital in November…
In a historic decision, the BC Court of Appeal has agreed to hear the appeal of Phillip Tallio, the man who has maintained his innocence throughout his 34 years in prison. If found innocent, his…
The Toronto Star is reporting that five employees of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) have filed a $35 million lawsuit against CSIS alleging that it is a toxic workplace and that their managers made…
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…
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…
A BC man who has spent 34 years in custody is appealing his conviction. Phillip Tallio, a Nuxalk First Nation man from Bella Coola, BC, was convicted when he was only 17 years old. Now…
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…
