Ford government’s ‘special economic zone’ law facing constitutional challenge
Ecojustice lawyer Lindsay Beck says Ontario’s legislation that gives the province power to set up special economic zones where laws can be suspended ‘subverts the separate roles and functions that the Constitution sets out for the legislative and executive branches of government.’
Wednesday, April 08, 2026 @ 2:55 PM
Ontario’s controversial legislation allowing it to fast-track infrastructure projects is facing a constitutional challenge. A coalition of public interest and environmental groups is saying the Special Economic Zones Act (SEZA), which allows the province to establish areas where infrastructure and resource developments are exempt from provincial or municipal laws that might otherwise apply, violates s. 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867, which grants the legislature exclusive power to make laws. ... [read more]
Ontario Court of Appeal overturns acquittal, enters convictions in child pornography, luring case
Thursday, April 09, 2026 @ 5:07 PM
Ontario’s top court has overturned the acquittal and taken the rare step of entering convictions against a man charged with possession of child pornography and child luring, saying the trial judge was wrong to rely on the fact that sexualized messages the accused sent online made no reference to age. ... [read more]
Health, legal professionals need to be aware of new B.C. regulatory changes, lawyers say
Thursday, April 09, 2026 @ 4:59 PM
Health professionals in British Columbia are dealing with a sea change in how they are regulated thanks to new rules that came into effect at the beginning of the month, and lawyers are saying there is much to be aware of — and still a lot of uncertainty in how things will play out. ... [read more]
Federal Court fines operator, company over inadequate efforts to comply with disclosure order
Thursday, April 09, 2026 @ 3:58 PM
The Federal Court has ordered a business operator and his company to pay more than $14,000 in fines and costs after they pleaded guilty to contempt for failing to comply with a court order to provide information to the CRA, finding they failed to take reasonable steps to purge their contempt. ... [read more]
Tanzania upheld as appropriate forum in human rights abuse case against Canadian mining company
Thursday, April 09, 2026 @ 2:26 PM
In a case of numerous alleged human rights abuses and deaths at a Tanzanian mine owned by a Canadian company, the Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld that Tanzania was the more appropriate forum than Ontario. Plaintiffs’ counsel and intervener Amnesty International stated that the decision did not advance access to justice. The case may go to the Supreme Court of Canada. ... [read more]
