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WARNING: This article contains references to sexual abuse and may affect those who have experienced abuse or know someone affected by it. Not even the death of her father could free Susan MacRae from the legal restraints that prevent her from talking about the sexual abuse she allegedly suffered as a child. …
Read More »Major appeal decision coming in constitutional challenge to B.C.’s public health-care law
B.C.’s highest court is set to rule this week in an appeal of a landmark decision on a challenge to public health care. On Friday morning, the B.C. Court of Appeal will release its judgment on the constitutional challenge launched by private health-care advocate Dr. Brian Day, the owner of …
Read More »RCMP took law ‘into their own hands’ by entering N.L. home and questioning child, lawyers say
A pair of criminal lawyers say that RCMP officers overstepped their bounds when they entered a Mount Moriah, N.L. home early Sunday morning and the police should provide a clear explanation as to what happened. Michael Spratt, a criminal defence lawyer in Ottawa, says the police can only legally enter …
Read More »Legal experts fact-check Quebec ad campaign that aims to correct ‘falsehoods’ on controversial language law
Legal experts are slamming a full-page ad from the CAQ government running in both French and English newspapers this week that purports to correct “falsehoods” circulating about the new law to protect the French language, commonly know as Bill 96. “The ad campaign is misleading,” constitutional lawyer Julius Grey told CBC in an …
Read More »Now that Quebec’s new language law has been adopted, many wonder how it will be enforced
The potential problems with enforcing the Quebec government’s new law to protect the French language — commonly known as Bill 96 — become evident when one imagines the simplest of scenarios. Suppose your recycling bin is cracked, and you want to get a new one. If you live in Montreal, you’d call the 311 information number. But …
Read More »Law groups ‘alarmed’ over arrest of lawyer outside Ford rally near Hamilton airport
The Criminal Lawyers’ Association and Women In Canadian Criminal Defence (WICCD) are criticizing the arrest of a Toronto-based lawyer near an Ontario Progressive Conservative campaign stop in Hamilton last Thursday. “We are alarmed that any citizen, let alone a member of our profession, would be treated by police — seemingly on behalf of an …
Read More »Australia passes world’s first law forcing Facebook, Google to pay for news
In a first, the Parliament in Australia cleared the amendment in a law for making giants like Facebook and Google pay to media companies for their news content. What’s the new law? The Parliament on Thursday passed amendments to the popular News Media Bargaining Code as per the agreemen reached …
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