Constitutional
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November 24, 2025
Lawyers raise constitutional concerns about proposed Ontario bail legislation
Ontario has announced plans to bring in legislation that would require individuals charged with crimes to provide cash security deposits when obtaining bail, but legal observers are saying the proposals will not likely pass constitutional muster.
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November 21, 2025
Federal inmates can use habeas corpus to challenge refusals to lower security rating: SCC
Canada’s high court has ruled that federal inmates can use the tool of habeas corpus — a claim of unlawful detention — to challenge in court a denial of their request to be transferred to a lower-security setting.
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November 21, 2025
TikTok faces class action over alleged misuse of Canadians’ data
TikTok is set to face a proposed class action over allegations that it collected and used users’ sensitive personal information, including data from children and minors, without their consent, to sell advertisements.
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November 19, 2025
Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause condemned by rights groups, medical association
The Alberta government is once again invoking the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to shield controversial legislation from scrutiny by the courts, a move being called troubling by legal and medical observers, who say use of the clause should not become normalized for governments as a way of doing business.
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November 18, 2025
Ontario gaming reference shows Criminal Code is statute open to modern interpretation, lawyer says
Ontario’s top court has paved the way for the province to establish an online gaming and sports betting system where users are allowed to compete against people outside of Canada after it ruled such a scheme would not violate the Criminal Code.
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November 14, 2025
Ontario’s plan to change climate rules spark legal uncertainty: scholar
The Ontario government is planning to scrap requirements to set greenhouse gas reduction targets and a legal scholar is saying that would bring a court challenge of those rules into a “legal grey area.”
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November 13, 2025
Court authorizes class action over alleged abuse of Indigenous children at youth centres
The Superior Court of Quebec has authorized a class action against the provincial government and several health and social service institutions over alleged discrimination and abuse of Indigenous children placed in youth protection centres across Quebec since 1950.
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November 13, 2025
Ontario court says securities commission summons violated company’s Charter rights
Ontario’s top court has ruled that the provincial securities commission violated a cryptocurrency company’s rights against unreasonable search and seizure when it issued a request for documents that was described as “staggering in its breadth.”
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November 12, 2025
SCC denies requests by AGs & others to make in-person intervener arguments in historic case
The Supreme Court of Canada is denying recent requests from six intervener attorneys general — as well as counsel for The Advocates’ Society and dozens of other intervener groups — to allow them to make their arguments in person in the upcoming historic Bill 21 appeal, Law360 Canada has learned.
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November 07, 2025
More support needed for law used to reintegrate Indigenous offenders into communities: advocates
Criminal lawyers acting for Indigenous offenders in the federal prison system must stay mindful of legislation giving their clients the opportunity to reintegrate into their communities upon release, says an advocate.