Criminal
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July 14, 2025
Federal Court judge strikes SRL’s submission in employment dispute over AI hallucination citation
In another sign of AI’s growing impact on the law, the Federal Court has ordered that a self-represented respondent’s motion record be removed from a court file because it relied in part on a non-existent court decision hallucinated by an artificial intelligence (AI) research tool.
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July 14, 2025
FINTRAC publishes updates to its guidance on ministerial directive on Iran
Canada’s anti-money laundering watchdog has updated its existing guidance related to the federal government’s ministerial directive on financial transactions associated with Iran.
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July 14, 2025
Alberta giving $1.25 million to groups in bid to end gender-based violence
Alberta is launching a new grant program through which more than $1 million will be available to community organizations as part of the province’s ongoing bid to tackle gender-based violence.
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July 14, 2025
CRIMINAL CODE OFFENCES - Sexual offences - Sexual interference - Consent
Appeal by appellants from their convictions for sexual assault and sexual interference. A 15-year-old complainant (X) alleged she was sexually assaulted by the appellants at one of their homes after she ran away from home.
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July 11, 2025
Courts can override Crown’s non-consent to judge-alone trial if necessary to protect Charter rights: SCC
Elaborating on courts’ jurisdiction to review decisions involving prosecutorial discretion, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a Quebec homicide case that trial judges can override the Crown’s refusal to agree to a judge-alone trial, if it is necessary to protect the accused’s Charter rights.
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July 11, 2025
FINTRAC flags rising use of dual-use goods, cryptocurrencies in weapons proliferation
Canada’s financial intelligence unit, FINTRAC, is warning that foreign actors are increasingly targeting Canadian dual-use goods and turning to cryptocurrencies in efforts to acquire resources and information to build weapons of mass destruction and evade counter-proliferation controls.
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July 11, 2025
PROSECUTION - Prosecutorial discretion
Appeal by Varennes from a judgment of the Quebec Court of Appeal which set aside verdicts along with the order for a judge-alone trial and ordered a new trial.
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July 10, 2025
What’s in a name? Including femicide in the Criminal Code
Recently, federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser indicated he would be “open” to including the term “femicide” in the Criminal Code, possibly as part of a number of reforms he expects to present to Parliament in the fall.
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July 10, 2025
SENTENCING - Sexual interference - Sexual offences against children - Seriousness of offence
Appeal by Crown from refusal of sentencing judge to impose Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA) order.
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July 10, 2025
‘External monitor’ sees progress & challenges in military’s handling of its sexual misconduct crisis
Ottawa has renewed its pledge to abolish, for the most part, the military justice system’s jurisdiction over sexual offence investigations and prosecutions involving military members. Meanwhile, the military has not delivered on the government’s aim to transfer most existing military sexual offence cases to Canada’s civilian courts — explaining that complainants and provincial authorities have not agreed to the transfers, according to a new report released by the Department of National Defence (DND).