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January 10, 2025
Federal Court grants review of Jordan’s Principle decision involving Indigenous dad and his children
Indigenous Services Canada must notify applicants making requests under Jordan’s Principle of any essential documents they must provide before it makes a decision, the Federal Court of Appeal has held, calling out ISC’s “passive approach” to procedural fairness.
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January 10, 2025
Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Second Cup sued over alleged ‘abusive’ overcharging for non-dairy milk
A proposed class action has been brought against Starbucks, Tim Hortons and Second Cup in the Quebec Superior Court alleging bad faith price gouging of customers who requested non-dairy substitutes in their drinks.
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January 10, 2025
Canada announces additional sanctions on Venezuelan officials in wake of disputed election
The federal government has announced it is imposing new sanctions on 14 current and former senior officials in the government of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in for a third six-year term Jan. 10 following a disputed election and despite U.S.-led sanctions.
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January 10, 2025
The Friday Brief: Managing Editor’s must-read items from this week
Here are my picks for the top stories we published this week.
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January 09, 2025
Federal government announces various changes to Canada Pension Plan now in effect
The federal government has announced various changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) that became effective as of Jan. 1, including a new benefit relating to students who are children of contributors that are disabled or deceased, a death benefit top-up and new rules for survivors’ pension entitlement.
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January 08, 2025
Trudeau faces court challenges for Parliament prorogation, parties urged to continue work on bills
Ottawa-based non-profit Democracy Watch and two lawyers are launching separate legal challenges to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to prorogue Parliament, which they argue was unconstitutional and “clearly in the Liberal Party’s self-interest."
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January 08, 2025
The strange rules and restrictions of parole | David Dorson
Some time ago I wrote a column about my initial time on parole in a halfway house and promised to return to that topic — which I am now finally doing. To recap, after my release on parole, about 40 per cent of the way through my sentence, I had to spend several months in a halfway house. This is “day parole.” As I wrote last time, day parole made very little sense for me, who was considered very low risk and could live in my own home. My being required to stay in a halfway house took up a space that meant another prisoner had to wait for weeks or months longer than necessary to begin his parole. There was a big backlog in releases on parole because there were no halfway house places available, yet places were being taken by people who did not need them.
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January 07, 2025
Federal Court decreases class counsel fees in $1.9B Indigenous boarding home class action settlement
The Federal Court has decreased requested class counsel fees of $50 million to $32.5 million in relation to the $1.9 billion settlement regarding the class action for Indigenous boarding home survivors, citing significantly less risk as compared to previous settlements.
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January 06, 2025
Government bills die on order paper as Parliament prorogues, Justin Trudeau announces departure as PM
After more than nine years as Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau announced that Parliament is prorogued until March 24, 2025, and that he will step down as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada once his successor has been chosen “through a robust nationwide competitive process.”
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January 02, 2025
Ontario approves transition of nine drug consumption sites into treatment hubs
Ontario has approved transitioning nine drug consumption sites into homelessness and addiction recovery treatment (HART) hubs, saying they will support community safety while investing in lasting addiction recovery — while at the same time facing a lawsuit which says the move to shutter the sites violates the constitutional rights of their users.