Appointment of unilingual lieutenant-governor in N.B. infringed Charter language rights: SCC
Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner wrote for the six-judge majority the appointment of a unilingual lieutenant-governor in New Brunswick undermined the substantive equality of the two official languages ‘by symbolizing, in the eyes of citizens, the subordination of one official language to the other.’
Friday, June 12, 2026 @ 5:39 PM
In a novel and potentially far-reaching constitutional judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 6-3 that the 2019 appointment of a unilingual lieutenant-governor in Canada’s only officially bilingual province infringed the Charter’s s. 16(2) linguistic protections for New Brunswick’s francophone minority. ... [read more]
Federal Court of Appeal dismisses injunction regarding military aviation training
Friday, June 12, 2026 @ 4:25 PM
The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside an order pausing restrictions by the transport minister on certain military aviation activities, saying the judge improperly assessed whether the restriction notice served the public interest. ... [read more]
Court grants standing to environmental group in challenge to Alberta river crossings authorization
Friday, June 12, 2026 @ 4:07 PM
The Federal Court has dismissed a motion to strike an environmental group’s challenge to a federal authorization for 14 temporary river crossings in Alberta, finding that the group met the test for public interest standing. ... [read more]
Proposed legislation will ‘strengthen’ ban on goods made with forced labour from entering Canada
Friday, June 12, 2026 @ 3:34 PM
On June 12, the federal government tabled new legislation, An Act respecting the prohibition of the importation of goods produced by forced labour. If passed, the Act would “reinforce Canada’s existing framework to prevent goods made with forced labour from entering the Canadian market.” ... [read more]
Administrative procedures ‘need not be optimal to be fair’: Alberta court
Friday, June 12, 2026 @ 11:03 AM
Alberta’s highest court has ruled that the province’s public interest commissioner was within his rights to anonymize the identities of witnesses as part of its investigation into the conduct of a school superintendent, saying procedural fairness was met in the case. ... [read more]