Six years in legal labyrinth Charkaoui, however, is the legal star of the five. He’s won two Supreme Court challenges and, as he gradually demolished Ottawa’s case against him, managed to make the government look…
Ombudsman slams Ont. government for not keeping closer eye on colleges Ontario’s ombudsman slammed the provincial government Tuesday for failing to keep closer tabs on publicly funded colleges in a report that found a northern…
Ottawa to launch Supreme Court appeal of Khadr ruling The federal government will go to the Supreme Court of Canada to appeal a court order to bring Omar Khadr home from a U.S. military prison,…
Family can’t keep ailing mother in Canada “She’s old, she can’t see … Who will look after her in Poland? All the family is here,” Pindiur said in halting English. “Can you help her stay…
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.
2nd Canadian stranded in Kenya? The network says when she tried to bring Mohammed back to Canada through Kenya three years ago, she was told the person with her was not her son because he…
Law of Probable Dispersal: Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed
Swiss bank UBS to name names Swiss banking giant UBS AG (UBS-N15.51-0.39-2.45%) agreed Wednesday to turn over to the IRS the details of 4,450 accounts suspected of holding undeclared assets by American customers, piercing Switzerland’s…
Israel targets Palestinian-Canadians Since Americans appearing to have Palestinian heritage are hit also, the US Administration is twisting Israelis’ arms to change the policy. Predictably, the Canadian government is silent.
Here’s some good news for you incoming 1Ls. Canada’s recent constitutional decisions by the Supreme Court are so complicated and contradictory, that even the experts cannot identify the overarching principles. Prof. Ed Morgan of UofT…
Mother of baby left in car faces charges “She was so calm, so indifferent to what I was saying to her, it didn’t seem to have any impact on her,†Landreville said. “I wanted somebody…
Stripper 1, Taxman 0 According to a judgment rendered by the Tax Court of Canada, the mystery benefactor, named in court documents as Mr. X, paid Landry largely to keep him company, not to dance….
