Category Archives: Justice
Progressive Conservative party president defends Manitoba leadership vote in court
WINNIPEG — The president of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives defended the vote that saw Premier Heather Stefanson become leader of the party during a court challenge by her rival. Shelly Glover, who lost last month to Stefanson by a small margin,...
Saskatchewan moves to amend Constitution amid civil trial with Canadian Pacific
REGINA — The basis of a lawsuit between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the Saskatchewan government is moving to the floor of Parliament after provincial legislature members passed a motion to amend the Constitution. Canadian Pacific is suing the pr...
Quebec police investigating violent arrest involving Black teenagers
MONTREAL — Videos circulating on social media over the weekend of Quebec City police involved in a violent arrest with Black teenagers prompted reactions across the province, including from the premier. François Legault issued a tweet on Sunday, saying...
Alberta ombudsman says she doesn’t have the power to probe EMS dispatch consolidation
EDMONTON — Alberta's ombudsman says she doesn't have the power to investigate a complaint about the decision to consolidate ambulance emergency dispatch services in the province. The complaint was filed by the cities of Red Deer, Calgary, Lethbridge an...
Kenney promises no direct cost download to municipalities on provincial police plan
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is imploring rural leaders to consider the merits of a provincial police force, promising that any added costs — projected to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars — would not be downloaded
Quebec adopts new bill setting stage new special court for sexual assault victims
Quebec's legislature unanimously adopted a bill Thursday creating a specialized tribunal for cases of sexual violence and domestic assault. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette has said the specialized court is needed because most victims of sexual as...
Gen. Wayne Eyre felt need to respond to predecessor’s letter to senior officers
OTTAWA — Canada’s newly minted chief of the defence staff says he felt he needed to speak up and remind senior military officers who they work for after his predecessor sent them a letter arguing to get back his job
CSIS efforts to derail threats to 2019 election sometimes skirted law: watchdog
OTTAWA — Canada's intelligence service sometimes strayed from the law when trying to disrupt threats from hostile foreign states in the 2019 election campaign, the national spy watchdog has found. In a newly released report, the National Security and I...
In one bill, Liberals push sick leave and crack down on health-care worker harassment
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have introduced a two-for-one piece of legislation that would provide sick leave to almost 600,000 workers, and bring the law down on anyone harassing doctors, nurses and patients. The omnibus bill checks off two issues at...
Montreal mayor says she’s encouraged by Trudeau’s promise to act on gun violence
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says she is encouraged that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agrees the federal government needs to do more to reduce gun violence. Plante made the comments today after meeting with Trudeau briefly this morning at Montreal Ci...
