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June 18, 2026
The Ontario government has joined forces with Waterloo Region to appeal a court decision from last month that struck down a local bylaw aimed at clearing a homeless encampment from land needed for construction of a major transit hub, a decision that recognized homelessness as an analogous ground of discrimination under the Charter for the first time.
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June 17, 2026
Four mainly First Nations organizations were granted leave to intervene in a proposed class proceeding in September by Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Lise Favreau in a ruling released on June 12. In B.M. v. Ontario, 2026 ONCA 422, Justice Favreau said the Anishinabek Nation, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), the Chiefs of Ontario and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation will be able to participate as friends of the court in an appeal of a motion judge’s decision to dismiss a claim as a class proceeding.
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June 16, 2026
The federal government has introduced legislation that would establish enforceable drinking water and wastewater standards on First Nation lands and announced a $4.6-billion funding commitment for water and wastewater infrastructure in First Nation communities.
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June 16, 2026
B.C.’s top court has turned back an argument by a man who went to the United States to receive medical treatment that the province’s failure to reimburse his costs violated his constitutional rights.
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June 15, 2026
B.C.’s top court has revived a free speech lawsuit against the University of British Columbia (UBC), saying the plaintiffs do not need to bring an action against the provincial government because the university may be liable for Charter damages.
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June 12, 2026
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.
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June 12, 2026
Appeal by appellant from a New Brunswick Court of Appeal judgment which set aside a judgment finding that the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick should be bilingual. On the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada, the Governor General appointed Murphy as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Murphy was not bilingual, and she did not become so during her term of office.
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June 11, 2026
A recent judicial ruling recognizing homelessness as an analogous ground of discrimination under s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has come under fire as “judicial activism.” (Waterloo (Regional Municipality) v. Dugas, 2026 ONSC 2971.)
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June 10, 2026
The Supreme Court’s controversial Jordan decision, which has sparked the dismissal of thousands of cases due to unconstitutional trial delay, is still good law, but stays of proceedings are not a cure for undue systemic trial delay, Canada’s top judge says. “One stay of proceedings is too many,” Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner stressed at his annual press conference in Ottawa June 9.
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June 09, 2026
Ontario’s top court has ruled in favour of a provincial law aimed at trespassing on farms, saying it did not violate the Charter’s free expression protections.
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June 08, 2026
The Law Society of Saskatchewan turned out a “solid” annual report for 2025 — and members should pay particular attention to the implementation of limited licensing in the province, says the regulator’s past president.
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June 05, 2026
Yukon’s Supreme Court has issued a directive on the use of generative AI “in written and oral representations” in a bid to reinforce the “integrity and credibility of legal proceedings.”
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June 04, 2026
A New Brunswick Court of Appeal judge, seconded to the Federal Court for a sensitive and potentially far-reaching court case against the Supreme Court of Canada’s registry, has ruled that the top court was not in breach of the federal Official Languages Act (OLA) when it posted on its website its untranslated pre-1970 judgments in their original languages, nor does the statute oblige the top court to translate thousands of historical judgments into both official languages.
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June 01, 2026
The Federal Court has dismissed a motion by JTI-Macdonald Corp. to compel the disclosure of additional records in its challenge to the federal tobacco cost-recovery regime, reaffirming that Rule 317 of the Federal Courts Rules is not a discovery mechanism.
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May 29, 2026
Appeal by the Crown from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal which affirmed a judgment granting a stay of proceedings. Jacques-Taylor and three co-accused were charged with drug- and firearm‑related offences. On July 6, 2022, Jacques-Taylor and one of his co-accused appeared in court to set a trial date.
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May 29, 2026
Appeal by the Crown from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal which affirmed a judgment granting a stay of proceedings. The respondents were jointly charged with several offences in relation to a drug trafficking operation. They were part of 18 individuals who were divided into 10 overlapping prosecution groups.
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May 27, 2026
New Brunswick has introduced legislation in a bid to strengthen the “enforcement and prosecution” of bylaws used by First Nations in their communities. According to a May 27 news release, the proposed changes to the Provincial Offences Procedure Act “would provide clarity that provincial procedures can be applied to First Nations bylaws, should First Nations wish for them to apply.”
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May 25, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has sent back for reconsideration a proposed class action alleging that the RCMP violated Charter rights through exclusion zones and other enforcement tactics during the Fairy Creek protests.
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May 25, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada is set to hear an appeal of a finding that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) forms part of B.C. law and that the province’s mineral claims regime is inconsistent with the Crown’s duty to consult Indigenous Peoples.
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May 22, 2026
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced that, on Oct. 19, residents will be able to vote on whether they want to hold a binding referendum on separating from Canada, saying she was troubled by a recent court decision.
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May 21, 2026
Ontario’s top court has turned back an attempt to gain hundreds of documents as part of a constitutional challenge of Ontario’s car insurance regime. The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision is part of a larger case about the constitutionality of Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT), which has exclusive jurisdiction over the administration of the province’s no-fault statutory accident benefits regime.
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May 19, 2026
The Federal Court has ruled that CSIS must obtain judicial authorization before searching copied phones and other electronic devices obtained from foreign allies in domestic national security investigations involving people connected to Canada.
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May 19, 2026
The release of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal’s latest annual report sets the stage for an increase in webcasts and a push to educate people on the importance of judicial independence, says the province’s top judge.
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May 15, 2026
Environmental law groups are denouncing the new Canada-Alberta agreement on carbon pricing and an oil pipeline.
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May 15, 2026
The Federal Court has struck an application brought by the Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association seeking declaration for a right to counsel in immigration and refugee cases, allowing the motion by the responding ministers.