Wednesday, August 20, 2025 @ 2:20 PM
The Federal Court has sentenced a father and son, central figures behind an unauthorized IPTV service, to prison terms of at least four and six months, respectively, for contempt of a Federal Court Anton Piller order, with both facing up to nearly five years in prison if they fail to cure their contempt. ... [read more]
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 @ 5:00 PM
Pre-emptively invoking the notwithstanding clause does not bar the courts from still making it known whether laws brought via the clause infringe on people’s rights, says a lawyer of a landmark case involving Saskatchewan’s controversial pronoun policy. ... [read more]
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 @ 4:39 PM
The Government of New Brunswick and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1840, which represents “more than 80 court stenographers,” have signed a new collective agreement. ... [read more]
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 @ 4:03 PM
The feds have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cohere Inc. to explore “opportunities to deploy AI technologies across the Government of Canada to enhance operations within the public service and to build out Canada’s commercial capabilities in using and exporting AI.” ... [read more]
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 @ 3:50 PM
The stage has been set for the next step in the long-simmering court battle over the constitutionality of Ontario’s climate change target. Seven young climate activists will return to the Ontario Superior Court at the beginning of December to argue that their equality rights and right to life, liberty and security of the person under the Charter have been violated by Ontario’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target, and the province’s plan to reach that target. ... [read more]
In-House Counsel
Saskatchewan court: ‘Notwithstanding’ clause doesn’t oust judicial review jurisdiction
