To date, Parliament has never used the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights. However, several provinces have, ...

Bill C-5 was fast-tracked through Parliament. Now that it’s passed, legal observers expect a barrage of litigation ...

How 2SLGBTQ+ leaders in the legal profession harnessed their backgrounds, personalities, and opportunities to move the needle ...

Law In-depth ’An anti-refugee bill in all respects’ While Bill C-2 proclaims to improve and modernize Canada's asylum system, experts say it’s a ‘cruel law’ that will do the opposite, while diluting ...

Pity the poor patriotic Canadian consumer. Since the start of the trade war with the U.S., a trip to the supermarket has meant being bombarded with the maple leaf in every aisle and a confusing ...

The Supreme Court of Canada has clarified that a contextual approach must be taken when determining where a child resides in international family law cases. That comes in its written decisions for a ...

The President of the Canadian Bar Association, John Stefaniuk, K.C., marked International Women’s Day by sending a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to inform him of a recent resolution adopted ...

It’s not a bandwagon until B.C. gets on board. After launching class action lawsuits against tobacco firms in 1998 and opioid manufacturers and distributors in 2018, the government of British Columbia ...

In the past year, several "secret trials" have come to light, first in Quebec, followed by British Columbia, and now Ontario. While media outlets and their lawyers have expressed grave concern about ...

The Canadian media space has a competition problem, as two significant developments have demonstrated over the past few weeks. The first involved the aborted talks between Postmedia and Nordstar ...