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Sometimes it is not a defence lawyer who is responsible for an acquittal. Sometimes an acquittal may result from police actions.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced that a man has pleaded guilty in a $1.3-million investment scheme case.
Heralding a significant shift in the Canadian legal landscape, the British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected the legal profession’s constitutional challenge to the B.C. Legal Professions Act — legislation that would end more than 150 years of lawyer self-governance and self-regulation by benchers elected from the provincial bar.
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.”
Increasingly, U.S. government entities appear to be utilizing technology to screen visa and other immigration benefit applicants. In some cases, this has become very public and transparent. For example, most people are aware that phones and other electronic devices can be screened when coming into the United States.
Michael Morris was convicted of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching by a jury in 2023. He was sentenced to 1,816 days (just short of five years, with credit for pretrial custody) in a penitentiary, plus ancillary orders.
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