Tag: Supreme Court of Canada
over 1 year ago
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Justin Trudeau named in legal challenge over Ottawa’s failure to fill judge jobs

An Ottawa human rights lawyer is taking the federal government to court to force the prime minister and his governmen...

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over 1 year ago
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Ottawa ignores plea to end Safe Third Country Agreement as Supreme Court upholds Canada-U.S. refu...

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of a Canada-U.S. immigration deal that turns back most w...

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over 1 year ago
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Canada’s top judge slams Trudeau government over judicial vacancies, warns serious criminal trial...

Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised “to try to correct t...

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over 1 year ago
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Top Supreme Court judge calls for more transparency — but won’t talk about Russell Brown, who ret...

Richard Wagner, who heads the Supreme Court of Canada refused to talk about a glaring lack of official transparency i...

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over 1 year ago
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Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown retires early, ending probe into alleged drunk and obnoxious ...

Brown’s sudden retirement was announced by the Canadian Judicial Council, which was investigating a complaint filed b...

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over 1 year ago
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Supreme Court judge calls allegation of drunken behaviour ‘demonstrably false’

A top Canadian judge says he was attacked “without warning or provocation” and punched in the head, denying allegatio...

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over 1 year ago
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What’s going on with Justice Russell Brown? Here’s what we know and don’t about the secretive inv...

Canada’s top court and the the body that oversees judicial conduct and independence have given little to no informati...

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about 2 years ago
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Canada’s top judges cast doubt over claims it’s unsafe to return refugees to the U.S.

Judges on Canada’s top court voiced skepticism the U.S. is not a safe country where Canada should stop sending border...

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over 2 years ago
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Canada’s top court upholds key protections for complainants in sexual assault cases

The Supreme Court of Canada ruling on Thursday upholds the law requiring the accused to disclose any private records ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Canada’s Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether the U.S. is safe for refugees

Last year, the Federal Court ruled the Safe Third Country Agreement was unconstitutional. Ottawa appealed and won. No...

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about 3 years ago
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‘The system is broken’: Toronto loses bid at Supreme Court of Canada to overturn Doug Ford’s deci...

Reform efforts are likely to now focus on efforts to get Toronto declared a “charter city” with extra powers.

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about 3 years ago
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The Supreme Court of Canada will rule on Friday on Doug Ford’s 2018 council cut. Here’s are five ...

Some Star stories that show how we got to this point.

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over 3 years ago
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Mahmud Jamal ‘humbled’ by top court nomination, says he’ll approach it with ‘no agenda’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plucked Mahmud Jamal off the Ontario Court of Appeal bench last Friday, where the forme...

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over 3 years ago
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Canada’s top judge has been approving laws as acting governor general. If they are challenged in ...

Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner says he won’t recuse himself from any future legal challenges to at least ...

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over 3 years ago
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Trudeau expected to name Ontario judge to Supreme Court of Canada before Canada Day

The Supreme Court of Canada expects that the federal Liberal government will name a new Ontario judge on the high cou...

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over 3 years ago
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Judges should reflect the people they serve, says outgoing top judge Rosalie Abella

‘Justice belongs to the country, to people,’ says Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, in a rare...

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over 3 years ago
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Power of cities under scrutiny at Supreme Court hearing over Premier Doug Ford’s cut to Toronto c...

The city of Toronto’s appeal of a decision that allowed 2018 legislation that cut council in half was heard on Tuesday.

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over 3 years ago
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Doug Ford’s decision to cut the size of Toronto city council heads to Canada’s top court on Tuesd...

A nearly three-year fight between the city and the province comes to a head this week.

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over 3 years ago
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Supreme Court’s Rosalie Abella prepares to retire as her legacy of defining equality seems built ...

Abella’s notion of justice and equal rights was shaped by a harrowing personal story, blossomed in her groundbreaking...

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over 3 years ago
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Diversity is on a collision course with bilingualism at Canada’s top court

Should all — or at least the next — Supreme Court of Canada judge be bilingual? Should the next vacancy go to a Black...

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