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SCC rules Ontario provincial court judges can jointly try criminal and provincial offences

Thursday, November 23, 2017 @ 1:52 PM | By Cristin Schmitz

Reversing the Ontario Court of Appeal on a significant jurisdictional point, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 6-1 that Ontario provincial court judges can concurrently try a summary conviction criminal...