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Expanded Anti-Terror Legislation (May 02, 2013) by Constance Johnson
Late on April 24, 2013, the Canadian parliament passed the Combating Terrorism Act, which will expand powers of investigation and increase ...
Topic: Terrorism
Jurisdiction: Canada
Discrimination Against Transgendered Persons Banned (April 03, 2013) by Constance Johnson
On March 20, 2013, the Canadian House of Commons approved the Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the ...
Topic: Discrimination
Jurisdiction: Canada
Supreme Court Delivers Hate Speech Ruling (March 15, 2013) by Wendy Zeldin
The Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision on February 27, 2013, asserting that limits placed on free speech in connection ...
Topic: Freedom of speech
Jurisdiction: Canada
Court Ruling Denies Equal Rights to Common Law Couples (February 01, 2013) by Constance Johnson
On January 25, 2013,
Topic: Family
Jurisdiction: Canada
Anti-Terror Law Ruled Constitutional (December 18, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On December 14, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canadaissued two simultaneous rulings on three terrorism-related cases that involved issues of free ...
Topic: Terrorism
Jurisdiction: Canada
Quebec Court Decision Saves Gun Registry (September 13, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On September 10, 2012, a judge of the Cour Supérieur (Superior Court) of Quebec issued a decision that declared part of ...
Topic: Firearms
Jurisdiction: Canada
Right to Food Issues Raised (May 24, 2012) by Constance Johnson
Olivier De Schutter, who has been the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food since appointed to the post ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Canada
Nuclear Security Agreement (April 02, 2012) by Gustavo Guerra
On March 26, 2012, it was announced that the United States, Mexico, and Canada have completed the implementation of an agreement ...
Topic: National security
Jurisdiction: Canada / Mexico / United States
History of Oppression of Indigenous Peoples to Count in Sentencing (March 30, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On March 23, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that judges must take into account any history of oppression when ...
Topic: Native peoples
Jurisdiction: Canada
Proposed New Immigration Act (March 01, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On February 16, 2012, Canada's Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister, Jason Kenney, introduced a new draft law designed to protect the ...
Topic: Immigration
Jurisdiction: Canada
Government May Recover the Cost of Social Assistance to an Immigrant from the Immigrant's Sponsor (July 29, 2011) by Stephen Clarke
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that if a new immigrant to Canada under the family class obtains government assistance, ...
Topic: Immigration
Jurisdiction: Canada
Bill Introduced to Require Aboriginal Leaders to Disclose Salaries (October 20, 2010) by Stephen Clarke
A Conservative Member of Canada's Parliament, Kelly Block, has introduced a bill that would require aboriginal leaders paid salaries from federally ...
Topic: Native peoples
Jurisdiction: Canada
Government Appeals Prostitution Ruling (October 13, 2010) by Stephen Clarke
The federal government of Canada has appealed the September 28, 2010, ruling of a judge of Ontario's Superior Court that struck ...
Topic: Criminal law and procedure
Jurisdiction: Canada
Toughest Drunk Driving Laws in Nation Go into Effect in British Columbia (September 22, 2010) by Stephen Clarke
On September 20, 2010, new statutory provisions came into force in the province of British Columbia that provide for the imposition ...
Topic: Driving while intoxicated
Jurisdiction: Canada
Nuclear Security Cooperation (July 30, 2010) by Gustavo Guerra
During a recent Nuclear Security Summit held in Washington, D.C., the United States, Mexico, and Canada agreed to cooperate, in conjunction ...
Topic: National security
Jurisdiction: Canada / Mexico / United States
Quebec's Government Introduces Bill to Deny Public Services to Women Wearing the Veil (May 21, 2010) by Stephen Clarke
On March 24, 2010, Quebec's Minister of Justice introduced a bill to create an Act to Establish Guidelines Governing Accommodation Requests ...
Topic: Women
Jurisdiction: Canada
Government Proposes to Set Term-Limits for Senators (April 08, 2010) by Stephen Clarke
The Government of Canada has recently introduced a bill that would limit persons appointed to the Senate after its enforcement date ...
Topic: Legislative power
Jurisdiction: Canada
Supreme Court Rules in Guantanamo Detainee Case (February 03, 2010) by Stephen Clarke
On January 29, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision in the case of a Canadian citizen being held ...
Topic: Terrorism
Jurisdiction: Canada
Harmonized Sales Tax for British Columbia and Ontario (January 14, 2010) by Stephen Clarke
Recently, the governments of two Canadian provinces, British Columbia and Ontario, agreed to replace their provincial sales tax with a Harmonized ...
Topic: Taxation
Jurisdiction: Canada
Supreme Court Expands Libel Defenses (January 13, 2010) by Stephen Clarke
In late December 2009, the Supreme Court of Canada issued two decisions that widen the defenses available to communicators in defamation ...
Topic: Freedom of the press
Jurisdiction: Canada
Last updated: May 02, 2013
