May 06, 2026
Appeal by appellants (Griggs and Bennett) from their convictions for possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of crime. The charges arose from Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrants executed at two addresses, White Oak Avenue (White Oak) and Wilkerson Street (Wilkerson), where large quantities of fentanyl, crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, cash, and drug paraphernalia were seized.
May 05, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that former Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour will become Canada’s next governor general. Arbour will become the first former judge of the top court to take on the vice-regal role.
May 05, 2026
As part of its pushback against Canada’s controversial gun buyback program, Saskatchewan has launched a legislative tool allowing owners of firearms now deemed illegal to hold on to them and assess their value.
May 05, 2026
B.C.’s top court has rejected the arguments from a First Nations chief that he was acting in accordance with his peoples’ traditional laws when violating a court injunction against impeding the construction of a natural gas pipeline, saying such a defence if it were to be recognized could only be raised as a last resort.
May 05, 2026
Last week, as I write this on May 4, 2026, I watched part of a press conference that made me want to puke.
May 04, 2026
Sometimes it is not a defence lawyer who is responsible for an acquittal. Sometimes an acquittal may result from police actions.
May 04, 2026
As part of an upcoming legislative package, the Government of Ontario will be introducing regulatory changes to “crack down on illegal drug use on transit and target illegal drug production.”
May 04, 2026
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has warned that foreign interference by states including China and India remains a persistent threat to democratic institutions and signalled that Canada’s national security laws may not be equipped to address modern challenges.
May 04, 2026
Roughly every four years, voters elect a government and grant it significant powers and responsibilities. But winning an election does not mean one has been given carte blanche to act as they see fit until the next election. Governments must exercise public power in accordance with the Constitution, and voters have the right to know how elected officials are using this power. Ontario’s rushed amendments to freedom of information and privacy laws enacted a few days ago through the government’s Bill 97, Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2026 directly attack both of these fundamental democratic principles.
May 01, 2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected 8-1 a law professor’s constitutional challenge to s. 12 of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) Act, which eliminates all parliamentary privilege immunity claims that might otherwise have been advanced by committee members or ex-members in defending themselves against allegations that they improperly disclosed information obtained through their role on the statutory committee that oversees Canada’s national security and intelligence apparatus.