Constitutional

  • May 01, 2026

    Law delaying redrawing of Quebec voting boundaries an infringement of voting rights: SCC

    The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed there was an unjustified infringement on Quebec residents’ voting rights due to a law that interrupts the process of determining electoral boundaries.

  • May 01, 2026

    CROWN - Federal Parliament - Parliamentary privilege

    Appeal by Ryan from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal which found that s. 12 of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act (Act) was intra vires the federal Parliament. The Act was enacted for the purpose of setting up a statutory committee of parliamentarians to oversee Canada’s national security and intelligence apparatus (Committee).

  • May 01, 2026

    CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS - Democratic rights - Right to vote and hold elected office

    Appeal by the appellant from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal which set aside a judgment dismissing an application for judicial review. The Act to interrupt the electoral division delimitation process (ATI) has the effect of interrupting the process relating to the delimitation of Quebec’s electoral divisions made by the Commission de la représentation after every second general election.

  • April 30, 2026

    Saskatchewan giving $1.2M to restorative justice programs in schools

    Saskatchewan is investing more than $1 million in restorative justice programs for schools in a bid to tackle bullying and other types of student “conflict.”

  • April 28, 2026

    Saskatchewan investing $17.2M in First Nations alternative justice

    Saskatchewan is giving millions of dollars to support restorative justice measures used by Indigenous communities. According to an April 27 news release, the province is providing $17.2 million over the next four years to more than 20 First Nations, tribal councils and community-based organizations that deliver “alternative measures and extrajudicial sanctions programs.”

  • April 28, 2026

    Ontario Appeal Court upholds law limiting THC in the bloodstream while driving

    An Ontario man who killed a mother and her three daughters in a car crash has had his appeal dismissed by the province’s top court, turning back his attempt to have Canada’s law on THC levels in the blood while driving declared unconstitutional.

  • April 24, 2026

    Ontario FOI changes ‘one of the most serious attacks on the public’s right to know’ in years: expert

    The Ontario government has fast-tracked legislation through the provincial legislature that makes significant changes to the province’s freedom of information (FOI) laws, a move observers are calling “undemocratic” and dangerous.

  • April 24, 2026

    The hidden stress of workload management on young lawyers

    Young lawyers expect to spend their early years learning how to research, draft, negotiate and advocate in court. Those skills are difficult, but at least they are taught openly. A senior lawyer will hopefully demonstrate how to structure a factum, mark up your work and explain what “good” looks like.

  • April 23, 2026

    Privacy watchdog backs health data interoperability legislation

    Deputy Privacy Commissioner Marc Chénier has expressed support for Bill S-5, the Connected Care for Canadians Act, in a statement before the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, according to an April 22 release.

  • April 22, 2026

    Nova Scotia failed to consider impact of 2025 woods ban on rights: lawyer

    People’s constitutional rights “cannot be ignored by government decision-makers — period,” says the lawyer of a man ticketed during Nova Scotia’s controversial woods ban. That man, Jeffrey Evely, was the face of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia’s April 17 ruling in Evely v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Natural Resources), 2026 NSSC 118, in which it was found the province failed to consider people’s Charter-protected mobility rights when it prohibited them from entering forested areas for a period last summer.