Reconsidering Columbus Day
It’s turkey day in Canada. But for our American neighbours, it’s Columbus Day, which commemorates the arrival of Columbus to the Americas on October 12, 1492. Many Americans don’t see this as reason to celebrate….
Articles by Law is Cool
Courts and national security
Court lets Canadian spies snoop on targets overseas Joanna Smith writes for the Toronto Star: CSIS can spy on Canadians but could not do so beyond its borders. CSE can collect intelligence in foreign countries…
Another Khadr
Abdullah Khadr takes stand to fight extradition The US is trying to have Canada extradite Abdullah Khadr, a member of the Khadr family. His father sent Abdullah to Afghanistan when he was a teenager. Colin Freeze…
Prostitution laws challenged in court
Sex workers set to launch landmark challenge Tracey Tyler writes for the Toronto Star: “The one thing I can tell you from looking at this, both as an academic and as a person constructing a…
Law and chance
The boy who would be mayor Anna Mehler Paperny writes for the Globe and Mail: Mr. Coombs, who lives with his parents in Paradise and commutes to Memorial University in St. John’s, won the first…
Coverup alleged in 1987 murder conviction
Manitoba police, Crown accused of cover-up Federal investigators accused Manitoba cops and prosecutors of framing a man for murder in 1987. Frank Ostrowski, who spent 23 years in prison, is now seeking bail. Kirk Makin writes…
National security invoked to block testimony
Ottawa seeks to gag Afghan prisoner probe witnesses Federal lawyers are trying to block government witnesses from testifying before a military watchdog investigating the treatment of Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan, The Canadian Press has learned.
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…
Try again?
Third security certificate is double jeopardy, court told Mahmoud Jaballah was first detained under a security certificate in 1999. He was released after the courts found the certificate to be unreasonable. Jaballah was re-arrested in…
Former airline hijacker, Windsor law graduate
Former terrorist wants to be lawyer John Goddard writes for the Toronto Star: Parminder Singh Saini, 46, blames youth and naïveté for his role in a violent airline hijacking 25 years ago in his native…
AG Ont. Chris Bentley Speaks on Human Rights
The Attorney-General of Ontario, Hon. Chris Bentley, spoke to students at the University of Toronto on the issue of human rights. Min. Bentley did a podcast interview with us previously on a similar subject.  Human…
Gadhafi on Security Council Reform
Although plenty have laughed at Gadaffi’s recent address at the U.N. that seemed to never end, he followed with an interview where he discussed some of the shortcomings of the Security Council. He proposes a…