Friday, October 31, 2025 @ 7:06 PM
Dividing over what is too “remote” a hypothetical scenario to qualify as “reasonable” when sentencing judges are assessing the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum penalty (MMP), the Supreme Court of Canada ruled 5-4 that the one-year MMPs for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional as they would be grossly disproportionate in some hypothetical, but reasonably foreseeable, circumstances. ... [read more]
Monday, November 03, 2025 @ 4:24 PM
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld certification of a class action against the Bank of Montreal over allegations that it systematically underpaid statutory vacation and holiday pay to certain groups of employees. ... [read more]
Monday, November 03, 2025 @ 12:46 PM
A group of internationally trained physicians will get a second chance to argue they were incorrectly failed in their Canadian qualification exams after Ontario’s top court ruled the trial judge did not properly analyze their claim. ... [read more]
Monday, November 03, 2025 @ 12:41 PM
The Ontario government is making a $26.7-million investment to protect survivors of gender-based violence. ... [read more]
Monday, November 03, 2025 @ 12:35 PM
Quebec’s beleaguered justice system, already reeling under the weight of chronic underfinancing and an acute personnel shortage, is showing “alarming signs” of a gradual paralysis, prompting the province’s main legal players to call on the provincial government to put a halt to belt-tightening measures. ... [read more]
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