CBA urges new funding as Federal Court’s massive budget shortfall threatens drastic service cuts
Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton
Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton told Law360 Canada ‘given what has been announced south of the border in terms of plans to deport large numbers of people, it is prudent to expect that [last year’s] extraordinary surge of immigration proceedings will be significantly increased if the new [U.S.] administration follows through. . .’

Thursday, February 13, 2025 @ 5:35 PM

The Liberal government’s underfunding of the Federal Court could “drastically” reduce service to litigants, its chief justice warns, spurring the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) to call for urgent “off-cycle” federal funding to address the national trial court’s chronic multi-million-dollar budgetary shortfalls. ... [read more]

Court upholds Toronto transit zoning, allowing expropriation for transit community development

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 4:57 PM

The Ontario Superior Court has upheld two orders in council (OIC) designating lands as “transit-oriented community land,” (TOC land), enabling expropriation without hearings of necessity. ... [read more]

Saskatchewan gives update on special police teams

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 4:48 PM

Saskatchewan’s government is lauding the progress of two of its specialized policing outfits. ... [read more]

StatCan releases report on CEBA borrowing, repayments and bankruptcy data

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 4:38 PM

Statistics Canada has released a new report on the federal government's COVID-related Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) that it says could provide insight “into how the use of emergency funding programs may have influenced short and medium-term business survival rates.” ... [read more]

B.C. Court of Appeal applies Charter to quash multiple drugs, weapons convictions  Jordan Watt

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 4:28 PM

The Court of Appeal for British Columbia applied the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to quash the conviction of a Vancouver man on multiple counts of drugs, firearms and weapons offences. The unanimous decision in R. v. Khamvongsa, 2025 BCCA 33, announced February 5, resulted in a new trial for Khamphou Khamvongsa, after having been convicted on 13 counts in the Provincial Court of British Columbia (R. v. Khamvongsa, Vancouver Docket 255078-2) in 2023. ... [read more]