Category Archives: Justice
Court should intervene to remedy Canada’s alleged failure on climate change: lawyer
VANCOUVER — The courts have a definite role in helping to determine if Canada has breached the constitutional rights of 15 youths who are suing the government for its alleged failures on climate change policies, a lawyer for the group
Conservatives want an anti-corruption committee to probe WE Charity controversy
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives want MPs to create an anti-corruption committee to investigate the WE Charity issue.Tory ethics critic Michael Barrett says the new forum would press for answers to lingering questions about the controversy.In the mea...
Judge reserves decision on evidence in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s hearing
VANCOUVER — A B.C. Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision on whether to allow Meng Wanzhou's lawyers to advance an argument that United States officials misled Canada when they described allegations against the Huawei executive. Associate Chief ...
Liberal, Conservative MPs join international task force to curb anti-Semitism online
OTTAWA — Liberal MP Anthony Housefather and Conservative MP Marty Morantz are joining an international task force aimed at making web giants do more to combat anti-Semitism online. Politicians from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States a...
Nurse fired, coroner to investigate after dying Indigenous woman taunted in hospital
MONTREAL — A nurse has been fired after an Indigenous woman who was dying Monday night in hospital was subjected to degrading remarks, Quebec's premier said Tuesday. The Quebec coroner's office confirmed it will investigate the circumstances surroundin...
Former Conservative MP Rob Anders facing multiple charges of evading taxes
OTTAWA — Former Conservative MP Rob Anders has been charged with tax evasion, as well as other Income Tax Act offences dating back to his years as a parliamentarian. The five charges were first reported by the National Post and
Complaints from Access to Information users more than doubled last year: info czar
OTTAWA — Dissatisfied users of the Access to Information Act lodged over 6,000 new complaints last year — more than double the number in the previous year, a federal watchdog says. In her annual report for 2019-20 tabled Tuesday, information commission...
N.S. premier apologizes to Black, Indigenous people for systemic racism in province
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil apologized Tuesday to Black and Indigenous Nova Scotians for systemic racism in the province's justice system, and said the government is committed to reform.Institutions such as the police and the courts ha...
Defence argument in Meng extradition should be heard at a trial: attorney general
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Canada's attorney general accused the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou of trying to turn her extradition hearing into a trial Tuesday. Crown prosecutor Robert Frater urged Associate Chief Justice Heather Hol...
U.S. judge orders Canadian woman accused of threatening Trump to remain in custody
A Quebec woman accused of sending a ricin-laced threat to President Donald Trump was equipped to cause bodily harm when she was arrested, a U.S. judge said Monday as he ordered Pascale Ferrier to remain behind bars.Ferrier, 53, had at
