Access to Justice
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October 09, 2024
Ontario expands basic training program for police for second year running
For the second year in a row, the Ontario government is increasing enrollment in the Ontario Police College’s Basic Constable Training (BCT) program, adding 80 recruits a year starting in 2025, to bring the total number of officers trained each year to 2,080.
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October 09, 2024
Access to seized funds key to Thunder Bay drug trafficking appeal
It was April 28, 2022, when the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal reported that a drug probe on a home in Thunder Bay’s south side resulted in the seizure of $1.6 million worth of narcotics.
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October 08, 2024
Why I am anonymous | David Dorson
A number of people who read this column and know me have asked me why I don’t start using my real name. After all, it’s quite a few years since my arrest and guilty plea. Time to get past that, they say. And my writing, they say, would be more compelling if people knew who I was.
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October 08, 2024
Drug offences dominate PPSC caseload, accounting for 71 per cent of files in 2023-24
Drug-related offences continued to dominate the caseload of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) in 2023-24, accounting for 71.2 per cent of files the service worked on, according to the PPSC Annual Report.
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October 08, 2024
‘Dysfunctional’ corrections grievance system | John L. Hill
Criticism of delays in resolving grievances filed by people incarcerated in federal penitentiaries has been ongoing for years.
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October 08, 2024
The cost of access to justice
In Ontario, the rising cost of accessing the justice system is paid in two ways: time and money. So just how bad is it? And what are creative lawyers and judges doing to address the issue?
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October 08, 2024
Reliance on artificial intelligence: Could it stymie the growth of law?
Regardless of one’s personal view of the topic, it is undeniable that artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the future of law, as it will much of the rest of society.
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October 08, 2024
There oughta be a law | Norman Douglas
How many laws are there? Let me think … no wait. I’m writing this. You think.
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October 04, 2024
SCC affirms air passenger compensation regs are valid; expert int’l law evidence can be admissible
In an important judgment on evidence and air passenger rights, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 9-0 that judges have the discretion to admit expert evidence on international law so long as the threshold admissibility criteria in R. v. Mohan, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9, are met.
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October 04, 2024
Decision in defamation case surrounding 2022 Freedom Convoy protests ‘entirely predictable’: lawyer
An Ontario court has dismissed a defamation action brought against a non-profit organization that researches hate crimes for its alleged actions surrounding the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, with a judge saying the plaintiffs in the case were unable to bring a valid claim against the group.