Category Archives: Justice
Supreme Court sides with Uber driver seeking better pay, benefits
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for Uber drivers to take the next step in their fight to be recognized as employees. In a ruling Friday, the high court upheld an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that opened
Extradition cases never dropped for political, diplomatic reasons, PM was advised
OTTAWA — The section of Canada's extradition law that the federal government is being urged to apply to drop the extradition case against Meng Wanzhou has rarely been used — and never for diplomatic or political reasons. That was the adv...
Toronto mayor calls for policing reforms; says police budget cut likely result
TORONTO — Sweeping reforms of the country's largest municipal police service are needed to address systemic racism and the concerns of disadvantaged communities, Toronto Mayor John Tory said on Thursday, although he made no direct call for cutting the ...
Privacy commissioners in B.C., Ontario order LifeLabs to improve security
VICTORIA — One of Canada's largest medical services companies failed to put in place reasonable safeguards to protect the personal health information of millions of Canadians, say the privacy commissioners in B.C. and Ontario. LifeLabs reveal...
Bowing to Beijing would put ‘an awful lot more Canadians’ at risk, Trudeau says
OTTAWA — Bowing to pressure from Beijing to secure the release of two Canadians would put "an awful lot more" citizens at risk by signalling Canada can be intimidated, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Trudeau did not budge fr...
Air Canada offers refunds to some passengers with cancelled flights
MONTREAL — Air Canada has quietly changed its refund policy to allow some customers whose flights were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic to recoup their cash — but not passengers whose trips originated in Canada. Travellers with flights "departing...
Alberta introduces bill to stop sex offenders from legally changing their name
EDMONTON — Alberta is moving to stop convicted sex offenders from being allowed to legally change their names. Nate Glubish, the minister in charge of Service Alberta, has introduced legislation to make such name changes illegal. Glubish says the goal ...
Federal work on First Nations policing should have begun long ago: Bellegarde
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the Liberal government will work on a law to ensure First Nations have the policing services they need and deserve — but questions are being raised about why this work has seemingly just
Watchdog says flight refund rules may need reworking to address possible ‘gaps’
Passenger protection rules may need to be revised after hundreds of thousands of flight cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic left travellers out of pocket, the head of Canada's transportation regulator said Wednesday. Scott Streiner, who hea...
Manitoba government aims to modernize and speed up court system in the province
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is promising to modernize technology in the court system and make things easier for the public. Justice Minister Cliff Cullen says the government is looking for a company to replace 20 different information systems ac...
