Category Archives: Justice
PM won’t confirm reports U.S. Justice Department seeking plea deal with Meng Wanzhou
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the chorus of official silence Friday surrounding reports that the United States is seeking to negotiate a plea deal of sorts with detained Huawei scion Meng Wanzhou. Trudeau refused, like U.S. officials, to acknow...
Fighting sexual exploitation of Quebec minors must be government priority: report
QUEBEC — An all-party committee is recommending the Quebec government make the fight against the sexual exploitation of minors a priority. The report released Thursday by a group of 13 members of the legislature makes 58 recommendations to the governme...
Liberals accuse Conservatives of disregarding court deadline, filibustering MAID bill
OTTAWA — Federal Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of thumbing their noses at a looming court deadline by filibustering a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying. Government House leader Pablo Rodriguez made the accusation Thursday a...
Winnipeg church to find out Saturday if it can hold drive-in services during pandemic
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba judge has agreed to hold a special hearing Saturday to determine whether a Winnipeg church can hold drive-in services despite a ban under the province's COVID-19 restrictions. Springs Church and two of its pastors have already bee...
Liberals table bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA — The Liberal government introduced long-awaited legislation Thursday to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which Justice Minister David Lametti described as a significant step forward on the path to re...
Debate over assisted dying bill extended as clock ticks down on court deadline
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to amend a government bill on assisted dying to better protect Canadians with disabilities. But Trudeau says he thinks the government has struck the right balance between...
RCMP must take ‘drastic actions’ to restore confidence: former Supreme Court justice
OTTAWA — The author of a report that found a toxic, misogynistic culture in the RCMP says the police force must take some "drastic actions" right away to restore confidence. Former Supreme Court justice Michel Bastarache told a House of Commons
‘I saw what I saw,’ Indigenous Services minister on truck door arrest in Nunavut
IQALUIT — Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller gave a short response when asked about an investigation that found an RCMP officer did not intentionally hit a young Inuk man with his truck door during an arrest in June."I saw
Bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the way
OTTAWA, Kan. — The federal government is expected to introduce a bill Thursday aimed at ensuring the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.The bill is expected to echo a
Bill 21 violates right of English Quebecers to manage their education system: lawyer
MONTREAL — When the Quebec government tells English schools they cannot hire women wearing the hijab, it violates the rights of the English-speaking minority to manage its educational institutions, a lawyer argued Tuesday in a case challenging the prov...
