May 13, 2026
Practising in rural Ontario and the North gives me a perspective on the access-to-justice crisis we are currently facing. Many vulnerable people face child protection proceedings while also dealing with addiction, poverty, mental health challenges and isolation. These are real, human stories, families at risk of being separated, children caught in uncertainty and communities trying to help with fewer resources.
May 12, 2026
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has become an exercise in unaccountability.
May 12, 2026
The federal government has named Jeffrey W. Locke, associate counsel at Stewart McDannold Stuart, a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Victoria.
May 12, 2026
McCarthy Tétrault has added Terri-Lee Oleniuk as a partner in its business law group in Calgary.
May 12, 2026
An American poet and critic named James Russell Lowell once said, “The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.” He forgot someone: Big Law lawyers.
May 11, 2026
The federal government has appointed lawyer Eric Wildhaber as vice-chairperson of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) for a five-year term, the Department of Finance has announced.
May 11, 2026
The federal government has appointed J.C. André Lehoux, a sole practitioner in Hearst, as a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Haileybury.
May 11, 2026
On May 6, Liberal member of Parliament Michael Coteau introduced a private member’s bill in Parliament to regulate the online use and dissemination of deepfakes, but high-profile privacy lawyer David Fraser warns that the proposed law will place an undue burden on digital platforms.
May 11, 2026
Three and a half years ago, I wrote in this column about the dangers of forcing treatment on people with serious mental health issues as a condition of keeping them living in the community.
May 08, 2026
McLennan Ross has added Matt Riskin as a partner in its Edmonton office.