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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 12, 2024 12:43 pm Updated April 12, 2024 12:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Alberta First Nation ended up with less land than it should have received under a treaty made with the Crown well …
Read More »Supreme Court won’t hear de Grood appeal of review board decision
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled it will not hear the case of Matthew de Grood, a Calgary man found not criminally responsible for killing five young people nearly 10 years ago. Katie Perras, Lawrence Hong, Josh Hunter, Zackariah Rathwell and Jordan Segura were stabbed to death at a …
Read More »Supreme Court rules in favour of Ford government in mandate letters battle
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of the Ford government in its battle to keep its 2018 mandate letters filed away from public disclosure and under rules protecting the details around cabinet meetings. The decision from the Supreme Court of Canada was unanimous, finding Ontario’s Information and …
Read More »Supreme Court to release Ford government mandate letters decision on Friday
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Supreme Court of Canada is set to deliver a ruling Friday morning over whether the Ford government’s mandate letters are subject to transparency laws. The key court decision dates back to a freedom of information request that was made shortly after …
Read More »Premier Doug Ford’s 2018 mandate letter promised to hold cabinet ministers accountable
After Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives were swept into office in June 2018, ending 15 years of Liberal rule, newly minted Premier Doug Ford provided his cabinet ministers a new north star. He would run a government defined by ethics, accountability and a province that was strictly “for the people.” In a …
Read More »Highest court refuses to hear appeal from B.C. churches opposed to COVID-19 ruling
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 10, 2023 11:00 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from three British Columbia churches that argued their constitutional rights were violated when provincial restrictions banned indoor religious services at …
Read More »Ontario tells court of ‘unwarranted incursion’ into cabinet in mandate letters case
OTTAWA — The Ontario government is telling the country’s top court the disclosure of ministerial mandate letters would reveal the substance of deliberations of the premier and his cabinet — breaching a key tenet of Westminster-style government. In a written brief filed with the Supreme Court of Canada, the Ontario …
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