The data ‘highlights a real and growing gap between the federal government’s legal needs and its in-house capacity,’ says Gregory Harlow, president of the Association of Justice Counsel.
Carney’s Liberals have left a lot to be defined through the undemocratic regulatory process. The plan is to be vague when shoving it down our throats via Parliament.
Leaderless since January, the Office of the Correctional Investigator is still investigating complaints from incarcerated people and making regular visits to prisons, but has been left out of key discussions amid government-wide budget cuts.
‘I’m very mindful of the legacy I’m stepping into,’ says Canada’s next vice regal, who will serve as the King’s representative, and the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Armed Forces after Mary Simon’s exit this summer.
Online platforms like social media and AI tools are undeniably driving kids’ future. Legislation ensuring safety, privacy, and meaningful participation is the seatbelt. For every day that Canada chooses to delay online safety legislation, it is making a choice, which our children shouldn’t be paying for.
Legal experts have sounded the alarm over a provision in Bill C-16 and say if it were to pass into law as written, automatic stays of proceedings if trials took too long to complete would no longer be an option, or at least would only be an option of last resort.
The Bill 21 case is complicated, to say the least, with multiple sections of the Constitution and Charter at play.
Bill C-16, the Protecting Victims Act, proposes sweeping changes intended to address victims of gender-based violence, as well as protect children and youths.
Bell is currently facing a $400-million lawsuit for its alleged failure to comply with what’s known as the ‘Notice and Notice system, ‘and other Canadian internet service providers worry they could soon be on the hook for similarly jarring sums.
On March 17, the federal government appealed to the Supreme Court a pair of lower court decisions that found its February 2022 invocation of the Emergencies Act was ‘unlawful.’
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she supports the call, saying that horse exports ‘should be banned. It’s an issue of basic compassion and humanity.’
This month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about why this law should be struck down as unconstitutional. This case is significant due to Quebec’s use of the notwithstanding clauses, before any court ruling, to override fundamental rights and freedoms
Several companies are in court fighting a CRTC order that would require all firms with annual revenues over $25-million to allocate five per cent of Canadian revenues to cultural and broadcasting groups that create domestic news and entertainment.
Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, has faced delays since it was introduced in the House back in September.
The risk of concurrent racism faced by Indigenous peoples in hospitals today is criminal. Regulatory colleges need to fix it immediately.
The party could check the president if it puts its house in order. That would mean abandoning the slavish support of anything Trump does and asserting that the party is bigger than any one person—even if he is the president.
Bill S-240 responds to an October 2025 Supreme Court ruling that mandatory minimums for child sexual abuse material offences violate Sec. 12 of the Charter.
The Conservatives have offered avenues for progress on government justice bills and a proposed GST credit, but far too much of the prime minister’s agenda is ‘still waiting at the starting gate,’ says Liberal strategist Joe Jordan.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it’s willing to fight at the Supreme Court if the Liberals choose keep appealing the decision that the 2022 use of the Emergencies Act was unlawful.
U.S. President Donald Trump needs to disband ICE and hand over its obscene budget to local authorities. He needs to stop illegally sending the National Guard and ICE agents to police Americans. If he doesn’t, Renee Nicole Good won’t be the last chapter of America’s shame.
For Bill C-16 to reach its full potential, it must be paired with a national action plan to engage and mobilize men and boys in violence prevention.
Canada is a leader among peer nations including the United States, Australian, New Zealand and the United Kingdom in being the first to introduce femicide into criminal legislation, but advocates for women say the law won’t act as a deterrent.
Justice Minister Sean Fraser had previously suggested the government wouldn’t ‘copy and paste’ Bill C-63, formerly known as the Online Harms Act, but child protection advocates remained hopeful the Liberals would bring forward a new online safety law.
With the Conservatives opting to keep Bill C-10 in House debate, Green Leader Elizabeth May warned against making it a ‘political football’ when it represents a ‘small step for reconciliation.’
A clause granting judges the ability to impose a prison sentence shorter than the one required by a mandatory minimum may prove the most impactful on Canada’s justice system.
