July 09, 2026
Modern corporate rodeos like the Calgary Stampede’s animal events are not benign traditions. They are disciplined spectacles of risk transfer: animals absorb the danger while humans collect status, sponsorship visibility and curated views of the consequences.
July 09, 2026
The term “cooperative federalism” is rarely used nowadays. It is a concept that both federal and provincial lawmakers need not work in “watertight compartments.” Each level of government can enact laws addressing specific problems within its own jurisdiction.
July 08, 2026
British Columbia has retained counsel in both Canada and the United States to pursue legal action against artificial intelligence company OpenAI over its failure to notify law enforcement of threats made on its ChatGPT platform prior to the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School earlier this year. The province has retained Vancouver’s CFM Lawyers and California-based Stranch, Jennings & Garvey (SJ&G) to explore all legal avenues open to it over the February 2026 shooting, which left eight dead and 27 others wounded.
July 08, 2026
Prince Edward Island is bringing internet access to those who lack it with portable hotspot devices available through the library — and there is “no reason” they could not be used for virtual court appearances, says a government spokesperson.
July 08, 2026
Sex offender prohibition orders can continue long after an offender re-enters the community. Section 161 of the Criminal Code allows for variance of the terms of such orders. Does the variance of terms allow a change in duration? That question was raised in a recent British Columbia Court of Appeal decision, R. v. S.C.W., 2026 BCCA 180.
July 07, 2026
The Federal Court has set out the legal framework for CSIS’s new production-order power, holding that the intelligence service must meet a “reasonable grounds to believe” standard but does not need to satisfy the investigative necessity requirement that applies to traditional warrants.
July 07, 2026
The King Charles tax disclosure creates no legal obligation in Canada and establishes no precedent that Canadian courts are required to follow. What it does is illustrate — at the level of a head of state — a principle that is deeply embedded in Canadian tax law and frequently litigated: that those who administer the tax system, and those who are subject to it, operate within a framework governed by the rule of law, institutional transparency and procedural fairness.
July 07, 2026
Appeal by appellant from an order dismissing his application for judicial review of an adjudicator’s decision confirming a Notice of Administrative Penalty (NAP) for failing or refusing to comply with a breath demand. The appellant was stopped by police following a trespass complaint and, after multiple unsuccessful attempts to provide a breath sample on an approved screening device administered by a second officer, was issued a NAP.
July 06, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed new leaders to head two of Canada’s major trial courts. On July 6, Justice Alan Diner was appointed chief justice of the Federal Court, the national superior trial court that decides disputes in the federal domain. He succeeds Paul Crampton, who retired from the post Oct. 31, 2025.
July 06, 2026
The federal government has made four judicial appointments across Ontario, the Department of Justice has announced.