Family
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March 26, 2024
Racialized officers still less than 1 in 10 police; women’s presence grew in 2023: StatsCan
The number of police officers in Canada did not keep pace with the growth in the country’s population, according to the latest Statistics Canada report, which also found that the percentage of female police officers kept climbing in 2023 while the presence of racialized police officers remained stuck much lower than the percentage of racialized Canadians.
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March 26, 2024
Manitoba reaches settlement in principle with kids in care
Staring down the barrel of three class action lawsuits, Manitoba has agreed in principle to pay more than half a billion dollars to children in provincial care.
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March 26, 2024
Judicial appointments announced in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba
Arif Virani, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, announced appointments in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. The judicial application process was established in 2016 and prioritizes transparency, merit and diversity to ensure jurists meet the highest standard of excellence and integrity.
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March 26, 2024
Removing an estate trustee: How bad is bad enough?
The courts in Ontario have repeatedly emphasized that they are reluctant to remove named executors or estate trustees at the request of beneficiaries of the estate. The principle of testamentary freedom provides that the testator’s wishes as to who should manage their estate should be respected except for the most extreme cases of malfeasance.
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March 25, 2024
May-December marriage challenged by adult son
“Marriages between the very old and the very young raise eyebrows and turn heads. In popular culture, a ‘May-December’ marriage invariably provokes the ire of adult children who deem the younger spouse a ‘gold digger’ and plot to protect their inheritance.”
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March 22, 2024
Ottawa unveils proposed military justice reforms ‘in response to’ Fish and Arbour external reviews
The federal Liberal government has proposed long-awaited reforms to “modernize” the National Defence Act (NDA), including measures to bolster the independence of key military justice system actors.
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March 22, 2024
B.C. legal institute recommending changes to update parentage rules in family legislation
A legal institute in British Columbia has set out a number of tentative recommendations to reform the rules surrounding parentage in the province, which it says will help the law keep pace with modern times.
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March 22, 2024
Ottawa looks to reduce percentage of temporary residents to five per cent of population
Citing the need to “ramp things down,” in part to address Canada’s “affordability challenge” in such areas as housing, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the federal government wants to stem the rapid growth in temporary residents by reducing their number over the next three years from 6.2 per cent of Canada’s population (2.5 million people in 2023) to five per cent.
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March 21, 2024
Does subject matter expertise matter? | Avril Hasselfield
The law is complex, with each area having its own nuances. It is in a client’s best interest to retain an experienced mediator to help them settle their disputes, but is it also necessary to have a mediator who is an expert in the subject matter being litigated?
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March 22, 2024
Imposing sanctions for breaches of family court orders
Does a court have jurisdiction to impose a monetary penalty or fine pursuant to Rule 1(8) of the Family Law Rules in the absence of a finding of contempt? There is a conflicting line of family law cases with respect to this emerging issue.