Constitutional
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June 17, 2025
CAO report: Five years after ACA, employment barriers remain for Canadians with disabilities
Employment has, in general, not become more accessible to people with disabilities, five years after the enactment of the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), according to a report released by the Chief Accessibility Officer (CAO) on June 17.
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June 17, 2025
Ontario faces $30M class action over alleged mass abuse at Maplehurst jail
Ontario is facing a $30-million proposed class action over allegations that nearly 200 inmates at a correctional facility were subjected to illegal strip searches and systematic violence as collective punishment for an individual inmate assaulting a guard.
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June 17, 2025
Alberta secession faces significant legal hurdles over Indigenous rights, scholars say
As the spectre of separation crawls its way back into the Canadian consciousness once again, legal scholars are saying the process may not be as smooth as some in Alberta think it will be — especially as it concerns the province’s relationship with Indigenous Peoples.
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June 16, 2025
Privacy watchdog: Vending machine cameras at University of Waterloo breached privacy law
The University of Waterloo violated the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) by using smart vending machines on campus that captured users’ facial images without consent or proper notice, the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) has ruled.
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June 13, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice La Forest dies
Former Supreme Court Justice Gérard Vincent La Forest has died. Justice La Forest, whose long legal career also encompassed government work, private sector lawyering, teaching and sitting on an East Coast appeal court, died June 12, according to a news release. He was 99.
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June 12, 2025
Energy board commissioners lose key legal and political battles
Quebec energy board commissioners have suffered major back-to-back legal and political losses after the Court of Appeal overturned a lower court decision that held they performed quasi-judicial functions and the provincial government passed a sweeping and controversial reform that fundamentally weakens the regulatory powers of the Régie de l’énergie.
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June 12, 2025
Federal Court: CHRC complaint dismissal based on settlement offer unreasonable
The Federal Court has set aside the dismissal of a human rights complaint, noting that the decision of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) not to proceed with the complaint in light of a settlement offer was inadequately explained and therefore unreasonable.
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June 11, 2025
Ombudsman to probe Ontario’s response to incident where jail inmates were stripped
Ontario’s ombudsman has launched an investigation into the province’s response to a controversial incident at a correctional facility, where inmates were stripped to their boxer shorts, zip-tied and made to sit on the floor as officers in tactical gear stood guard.
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June 10, 2025
Canada’s top judge declares ‘in this country, the rule of law is non-negotiable’
Lawyers, as officers of the court, have a professional “responsibility and obligation” to defend the rule of law and the independence of the bar and judiciary against attacks, Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner said at his annual news conference in Ottawa.
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June 10, 2025
Quebec ordered to pay $164 million for Charter breach in class action suit
The Quebec government has been ordered by Superior Court to pay a staggering $164 million in compensatory damages, plus interest, for knowingly violating the rights of thousands of individuals who were arrested and illegally detained for a longer period of time than permitted by the Criminal Code prior to appearing before a justice of the peace.