Criminal
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May 09, 2024
Ontario ruling shows courts will not condone failure to protect informant privilege, lawyer says
Ontario’s top court has stayed a criminal conviction because the Crown failed in its duty to protect the accused’s confidential informant privilege.
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May 09, 2024
CRIMINAL CODE OFFENCES — Sexual assault — Consent
Appeal by Jajja from his conviction for sexual assault. There was no dispute that a sexual encounter occurred between Jajja and the complainant. At trial, Jajja maintained that the sexual activity was consensual. The complainant testified that she had no memory of the events that occurred between her attendance at the nightclub and waking up alone the next morning in the hotel.
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May 09, 2024
Learning who your friends are | David Dorson
Being charged with a crime will cost you in many ways. One of them is that you will inevitably lose people who matter to you. Many people will drop out of your life — and if you are lucky, some will also show themselves as true friends.
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May 09, 2024
IRCC’s inadequate online access for clients seeking immigration info ‘untenable’: federal watchdog
The years-long failure of the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to create a functional system to digitally communicate with would-be immigrants has pushed tens of thousands of IRCC clients (and their lawyers) to try to track the progress of their immigration applications via the access-to-information portals of the federal immigration department and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), says federal Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard, who called the status quo and resulting deluge of access to information requests “simply untenable.”
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May 08, 2024
Ottawa approves B.C.’s request to amend drug decriminalization pilot project
Ottawa has approved B.C.’s request to make changes to its drug decriminalization pilot project that would prohibit the possession of controlled substances in public.
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May 08, 2024
Nunavut agrees to $8M settlement of class action for school sexual abuse victims
Nunavut has agreed to an $8 million settlement of a class action brought on behalf of individuals who suffered sexual abuse at schools in Resolute Bay or Clyde River and those who were abused by a teacher who has been convicted of sex offences.
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May 08, 2024
New appointment to Quebec Superior Court announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani appointed Catherine Dagenais as a Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec in Montreal, a news release from the Department of Justice announced.
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May 08, 2024
Bail system irrelevant in 401 police chase tragedy | John L. Hill
A Toronto Star report detailing the criminal backgrounds of two men who were the subject of a high-speed chase on the bustling Highway 401 east of Toronto sent Facebook posters into a frenzy.
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May 07, 2024
Sweeping national security bill would boost state investigative powers; expand & create crimes, AMPs
The federal government has introduced a sweeping national security bill that would create a publicly accessible “foreign influence transparency” registry; expand the warrant, production and disclosure powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Agency (CSIS); affect criminal accused or judicial review applicants seeking access to relevant “information related to international relations, national defence or national security”; expand the current “sabotage” offence; and create new “foreign interference” offences, along with administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) of up to $5 million and five years in prison, including for knowingly obstructing the operations of the office of a proposed new “Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner.”
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May 07, 2024
CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES — Possession — Other substances
Appeal by appellant from his conviction for possessing a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, unlawfully possessing a controlled substance, and possessing proceeds of crime exceeding $5,000.