Administrative Law

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Stripping of citizenship

Accused war criminal wins chance to keep citizenship An appeal court has ordered the federal cabinet to revisit its decision to strip accused Nazi war criminal Helmut Oberlander of his Canadian citizenship.


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Lobbyism

Ottawa tightening rules on lobbyists Susan Delacourt and Richard Brennan write for the Toronto Star: The federal government is cracking down on lobbyists working for Crown corporations and institutions such as the Toronto Port Authority and…



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Mistakes

Woman declared dead gets apology Ms. Towle, a resident of Kamloops, B.C., was somehow declared dead by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in September. “This is an unfortunate situation, which we are diligently working…


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Access to information

Ottawa sued over censorship of Tommy Douglas dossier Steve Rennie writes: The federal government is being taken to court over its decision to withhold hundreds of pages, some decades old, in the Mounties’ secret file…



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Visitor visa fairness

When visa’s rejected, where to go? Nicholas Keung writes for the Toronto Star: A grieving son in China rejected for a visitor’s visa to Canada for his mother’s funeral. Guests from the Philippines turned away…





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Problems finding rental housing?

Rights commission targets `blatant discrimination’ in rental-housing market There’s obvious discrimination in rental housing, says the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s annual report released yesterday, identifying the problem as a key area that needs immediate intervention.