Toute action prise pour des raisons de sûreté, de sécurité ou de protection du public qui repose sur des stéréotypes fondés sur la race, la couleur, l’ethnie, l’ascendance, la religion, le lieu d’origine ou une…
Curtis Flowers has been tried six times, for a crime he committed in 1996. Flowers has been convicted to death three times, however each conviction has come from the same prosecutor. Doug Evans—the lead prosecutor—violated…
In a decision from the Federal Court this week, Justice Boswell declared paragraph 112(2)(b.1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) to be inconsistent with section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and…
Mental health and criminal law are again in question after a police-involved shooting in Winnipeg on February 23. As reported in a CBC article, the victim of the shooting was identified as Machuar Madut, a…
On January 11, 2019, a shocking video surfaced showing Manitoba social workers and police seizing a newly born baby girl from the arms of her Indigenous mother. In the video, the mother appears shaken and…
The Federal Court approved a class action settlement last week that will compensate disabled veterans for reduced benefit payments on account of their disability. The lawsuit alleges that deductions from the War Veterans Allowance (WVA), Canadian…
Over the weekend, I decided to take a break from the sometimes all-consuming nature of being a law student. So, I decided to turn on the television and watch a CTV special on Canada’s criminal…
It was revealed yesterday by CBC that several Manitoba families are taking part in a lawsuit against Revera Inc, an Ontario based company that owns and manages over 500 senior care home locations across North…
Il y a déjà presque 6 ans, la Cour Suprême du Canada se prononçait sur l’affaire Québec (Procureur général) c. A [1], affaire qui fut très médiatisée sous le nom de l’affaire Éric c. Lola. Cette…
On November 20th, Windsor Law hosted the 4th Biennial World Indigenous Law Conference. Māori elders from New Zealand, Wannyi and Kalkadoon nations in Australia, and Anishnaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples of Canada congregated to exchange lessons learned…
