Criminal
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March 07, 2025
A spotlight on gender bias: Investigating the investigators | Heidi J. T. Exner
With International Women’s Day 2025 coming up Saturday March 8, it seems fitting to share a recent experience with my legal peers about some research I am conducting on gender bias in the private investigator industry.
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March 06, 2025
AI-based foreign meddling ‘very likely’ in next federal election, says security agency
Foreign actors from China, Russia and Iran are “very likely” to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to attempt to interfere with Canada’s 2025 federal election, according to a report by Communications Security Establishment (CSE) Canada.
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March 06, 2025
Ottawa targets Sudanese military leaders with sanctions over violence against civilians
Canada has imposed asset freezes and immigration bans on the leaders of the two opposing militaries in Sudan, in addition to sanctioning five other Sudanese individuals and three entities associated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) or the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) “linked to the continued violence against civilians in Sudan.”
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March 06, 2025
Embattled Ontario law society CEO ‘no longer employed’ with regulator amid pay hike fallout
Law Society of Ontario (LSO) CEO Diana Miles is “no longer employed” with the regulator after a controversy regarding her salary came to light.
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March 06, 2025
Should criminal standard replace civil in child welfare cases? Part three | Hodine Williams
Child welfare cases in Canada are among the most emotionally charged and legally complex areas of law, as they involve the state’s authority to intervene in family life to protect children from harm.
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March 06, 2025
Racial profiling argument fails to sway Ontario Court of Appeal
The advice offered by Chicago poet and journalist Carl Sandburg to young lawyers is that if the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. Sandburg’s admonition seems to underlie the defence of Amirhosein Alipourobati who appealed his convictions for offences related to unlawful possession of firearms discovered during a traffic stop.
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March 06, 2025
APPEALS - Burden on appellant - Grounds - Misapprehension of or failure to consider evidence
Appeal by Alipourobati from his convictions for offences related to unlawful possession of a firearm discovered during a traffic stop. The convictions stemmed from a traffic stop conducted by Police Constable ("PC") Griffen in Rural Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario.
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March 05, 2025
Business, labour have diverse asks in evolving trade war as legal attacks on new U.S. tariffs loom
Ottawa and provincial governments are working on their next moves in the fast-evolving trade war launched by the new U.S. administration, but business and industry groups are wasting no time in pushing for government aid and non-tariff retaliatory measures in the wake of President Donald Trump’s imposition of hefty tariffs on Canadian exports to the United States.
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March 05, 2025
Ontario Securities Commission accuses Toronto entertainment exec of $70 million fraud
Ontario’s securities watchdog is accusing a Toronto financier of fraud after he allegedly misappropriated tens of millions of dollars in investments for various film, TV and animation projects.
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March 05, 2025
B.C. budget focuses on responding to tariff threats while also investing in justice initiatives
The B.C. government has rolled out a fiscal plan for the coming year that is aimed at protecting public services in the face of U.S. tariffs, while also focusing on increased investments in the justice system and public safety.