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Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Text of the complete constitutional law containing all 34 sections plus part 7 of the Constitution Act 1982. Plus links to authoritative legal sites.
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Civil liberties: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Text of the complete constitutional law containing all 34 sections plus part 7 of the Constitution Act 1982. Plus links to authoritative legal sites. From @lawscribes.bsky.social #constitution #law #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/lawscrib...
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"Deeply concerning" efforts afoot to politicize the courts, erode public confidence in the justice system, and weaken the institutions that are foundational to democracies, says SCC Chief Justice Richard Wagner. @hollylake.bsky.social has that story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Supreme Court chief justice says threats to rule of law ‘troubling’
Calls on judges, lawyers, and public to defend judicial independence and denounce attacks on institutions
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November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Deeply concerning" efforts afoot to politicize the courts, erode public confidence in the justice system, and weaken the institutions that are foundational to democracies, says SCC Chief Justice Richard Wagner. @hollylake.bsky.social has that story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
This is incredibly sad. A Canadian legend that lit up the room. Colleen Jones will be missed. For more see Curling Canada www.curling.ca/blog/2025/11...
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is incredibly sad. A Canadian legend that lit up the room. Colleen Jones will be missed. For more see Curling Canada www.curling.ca/blog/2025/11...
7 Supreme Court Canada hearings in December. Including constitution division of powers. #Indigenous treaty rights and Aboriginal title. Sentencing considerations for Aboriginal offender where victim is Aboriginal. #SCC press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
7 Supreme Court Canada hearings in December. Including constitution division of powers. #Indigenous treaty rights and Aboriginal title. Sentencing considerations for Aboriginal offender where victim is Aboriginal. #SCC press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
Supreme Court Canada securities and civil procedure decision on Friday. #SCC press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news... case summary scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie...
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Supreme Court Canada securities and civil procedure decision on Friday. #SCC press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news... case summary scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie...
11 leave to appeal decisions from Supreme Court Canada this Thursday. #scc decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
11 leave to appeal decisions from Supreme Court Canada this Thursday. #scc decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
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After Kennedy’s assassination, NBC newscaster Chet Huntley spoke about the “ominous and sickening popularity of hatred” in the US. A viewer wrote to him, hoping that people would learn from his message.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
After Kennedy’s assassination, NBC newscaster Chet Huntley spoke about the “ominous and sickening popularity of hatred” in the US. A viewer wrote to him, hoping that people would learn from his message.
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February 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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February 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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I agree 100% with this strong condemnation of the government hiding retroactive amendments to erase its clear liability to veterans. www.mcinnescooper.com/news/mcinnes...
McInnes Cooper Raises Concerns Over Proposed Veterans’ Legislation
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November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I agree 100% with this strong condemnation of the government hiding retroactive amendments to erase its clear liability to veterans. www.mcinnescooper.com/news/mcinnes...
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Relatives of Covid-19 victims said an investigation's findings open the door to personal accountability, calling the former prime minister’s pandemic decisions a betrayal. @jamesfrancisw.bsky.social
Grieving UK families demand action against ex-PM Johnson following damning Covid inquiry
Relatives of Covid-19 victims said an investigation's findings open the door to personal accountability, calling the former prime minister’s pandemic decisions a betrayal.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Relatives of Covid-19 victims said an investigation's findings open the door to personal accountability, calling the former prime minister’s pandemic decisions a betrayal. @jamesfrancisw.bsky.social
#Military #women. One of "largest cases of alleged sexual misconduct in US military history." Gynecologist alleged to have recorded women's vaginas while examining. So far 65 women have claimed to be victims of misconduct. #USArmy sending letters to nearly 3,000 patients. www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
Exclusive: What led the Army to investigate gynecologist described in lawsuit as a ‘predator in uniform’ | CNN Politics
Last month, military officials in Texas suspended Dr. Blaine McGraw, an Army major and gynecologist at Fort Hood, who is now accused in a civil lawsuit of repeatedly groping a female patient and secre...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#Military #women. One of "largest cases of alleged sexual misconduct in US military history." Gynecologist alleged to have recorded women's vaginas while examining. So far 65 women have claimed to be victims of misconduct. #USArmy sending letters to nearly 3,000 patients. www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...
#Habeascorpus: Prisoners can appear before judge to challenge security classification: Supreme Court Canada. #scc #prisons vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/21/p...
Prisoners can appear before judge to challenge security classification: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada says a federal prisoner can challenge a refusal to reclassify them to a lower-security facility through a habeas corpus hearing before a judge to determine if a detention i...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#Habeascorpus: Prisoners can appear before judge to challenge security classification: Supreme Court Canada. #scc #prisons vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/21/p...
6-3 Supreme Court Canada ruled inmates can challenge refusal to transfer them to lower security prison. Denying transfer to lower security institution can be a deprivation of liberty. #Habeascorpus protections apply to protect prisoners 'residual liberty.' #scc #prisons
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
6-3 Supreme Court Canada ruled inmates can challenge refusal to transfer them to lower security prison. Denying transfer to lower security institution can be a deprivation of liberty. #Habeascorpus protections apply to protect prisoners 'residual liberty.' #scc #prisons
Charter Rights #religion and #privacy: Supreme Court Canada to look at request for religious records through B.C. law. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Supreme Court of Canada to look at request for religious records through B.C. law
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about applications for access to personal information held by Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Charter Rights #religion and #privacy: Supreme Court Canada to look at request for religious records through B.C. law. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
“When a person does not have access to justice, it’s like losing a bit of his or her dignity,” said Chief Justice Richard Wagner. Supreme Court Canada CJ and justices Malcolm Rowe and Michelle O’Bonsawin [plus Suzanne Côté] are in #ThunderBay. #scc www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/a...
Access to justice centred in Supreme Court visit
Read the full story and comment on Tbnewswatch.com
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November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“When a person does not have access to justice, it’s like losing a bit of his or her dignity,” said Chief Justice Richard Wagner. Supreme Court Canada CJ and justices Malcolm Rowe and Michelle O’Bonsawin [plus Suzanne Côté] are in #ThunderBay. #scc www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/a...
Judges with Supreme Court Canada are in #ThunderBay, Ont., on last leg of their tour across the country to mark court’s 150th anniversary. #scc www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Judges on Supreme Court's 150th-anniversary tour face common question: How will you protect Charter rights? | CBC News
Supreme Court judges have been on a cross-Canada tour listening to community concerns to mark the top court's 150th anniversary. Here's what the justices have heard so far, including on their fifth an...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Judges with Supreme Court Canada are in #ThunderBay, Ont., on last leg of their tour across the country to mark court’s 150th anniversary. #scc www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Supreme Court Canada justices Côté, Rowe and O’Bonsawin in #ThunderBay Ontario. Visited the Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic and Lakehead law school. #SCC press release scc-csc.ca/media-medias...
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Supreme Court Canada justices Côté, Rowe and O’Bonsawin in #ThunderBay Ontario. Visited the Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic and Lakehead law school. #SCC press release scc-csc.ca/media-medias...
#Nuremberg Trials Project > nuremberg.law.harvard.edu: Harvard Law releases digitized Nuremberg [war crimes] Trials archive on 80th anniversary. #Holocaust www.reuters.com/legal/legali...
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#Nuremberg Trials Project > nuremberg.law.harvard.edu: Harvard Law releases digitized Nuremberg [war crimes] Trials archive on 80th anniversary. #Holocaust www.reuters.com/legal/legali...
A little wild #military court case: Canadian man [civilian, veteran] found intoxicated outside #NATO military headquarters jailed after CDN military court martial for Criminal Code offence in #Belgium. Lost CMAC appeal. #militarylaw #JAG www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Canadian man found intoxicated outside NATO military headquarters jailed
A Canadian man found drunk in a car outside NATO’s military headquarters in Belgium has been sentenced to jail by a Canadian military court — despite not being a member of the Canadian Armed Forces an...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A little wild #military court case: Canadian man [civilian, veteran] found intoxicated outside #NATO military headquarters jailed after CDN military court martial for Criminal Code offence in #Belgium. Lost CMAC appeal. #militarylaw #JAG www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
#Alberta [govt introduces legislation bill 9 invoking Charter Rights s33] notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of #transgender laws. Premier said move necessary to 'protect health of #children.' #ableg globalnews.ca/news/1153187...
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws | Globalnews.ca
The clause relates to laws that put restrictions on student pronoun changes at school, on girls' sports, and on medical therapies for young people looking to transition.
globalnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#Alberta [govt introduces legislation bill 9 invoking Charter Rights s33] notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of #transgender laws. Premier said move necessary to 'protect health of #children.' #ableg globalnews.ca/news/1153187...
#Alberta Bill9 applies Charter Rights s33 notwithstanding clause to sections within #Education Act, Fairness and Safety in #Sports Act, #Health Professions Act. Bill also exempts those sections from Bill of Rights and Human Rights law. In the name of protecting #children. #ableg
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Man facing life in #prison after murder conviction sued [under #humanrights law] for right to #Vegemite, yeasty spread that is treasured in [#Australia], but whose smell is so pungent that prison officials call it a problem for [drug] search dogs. #K9 #auslaw www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
Convicted Australian Murderer Sues for Vegemite, Demanding Prisons Allow the Spread
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November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Man facing life in #prison after murder conviction sued [under #humanrights law] for right to #Vegemite, yeasty spread that is treasured in [#Australia], but whose smell is so pungent that prison officials call it a problem for [drug] search dogs. #K9 #auslaw www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...
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New Post: The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth
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The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth
By: Jennifer Koshan Case and Bill Commented On: Egale Canada v Alberta, 2025 ABKB 394 (CanLII); Bill 9, Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, 2nd Session, 31st Legislature PD…
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New Post: The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star