Constitutional
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April 04, 2025
OHRC endorses statement on race-based health data, finds it aligns with Human Rights Code
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has announced that it is endorsing the Wellesley Institute’s Consensus Statement on Race-Based Data for Health, which calls on all levels of the health-care system, including governments, organizations and health-care providers, to collaborate “to strengthen their capacity for the collection, use and governance of race-based data to address inequities and advance health.”
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April 04, 2025
New Brunswick investing in start of courts’ digital upgrade
New Brunswick is spending $5 million to kick-start the digital transformation of its courts. In what is being called an investment in greater access to justice, New Brunswick’s government will spend more than $32 million over six years for the technological revamp of the province’s court system, which will include various digital upgrades to the courts, as detailed in an April 3 news release.
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April 03, 2025
Federal Court allows discrimination claim against Canada Revenue Agency to proceed
The Federal Court has allowed parts of an amended statement of claim to be heard on the merits in a case that alleged discrimination by the Canada Revenue Agency in its hiring process. The claim was previously struck in its entirety.
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April 02, 2025
Federal Court: Residential schools settlement bars class action by survivors’ children
A proposed class action against the Crown brought by an Indigenous person who was abused by his father, a residential school survivor, has been struck on the basis that it is barred by the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
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March 31, 2025
B.C.’s top court rules against Jehovah’s Witness congregations in religious privacy case
B.C.’s top court has ruled against two Jehovah’s Witness congregations who argued the province’s information protection legislation infringed their Charter-protected religious rights.
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March 28, 2025
Bay bankruptcy rekindles labour lawyer’s campaign for better worker protections in insolvencies
The historic collapse of Canada’s 355-year-old retail icon, the Hudson’s Bay Company, has rekindled a Toronto employment lawyer’s quiet campaign to improve Canadian bankruptcy law to better protect workers.
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March 28, 2025
Manitoba to have independent seniors advocate
Manitoba will soon have a dedicated seniors advocate. On Nov. 1, the province’s government will proclaim its Seniors Advocate Act, which will create “a new independent seniors advocate who will represent and advocate on behalf of seniors” in the province, states a March 28 news release.
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March 28, 2025
Manitoba corrections needs to better prepare inmates for freedom: auditor general
Manitoba’s auditor general has found the province’s corrections officials are falling short in preparing inmates for release.
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March 27, 2025
‘A bit of a mystery’ as to what Alberta hopes to accomplish with infrastructure law: legal expert
Alberta’s government has introduced legislation to amend several laws already on the books — but one aspect of the province’s move is being noted as much more controversial than the other.
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March 24, 2025
N.B. Human Rights Commission releases guidance on race discrimination
New Brunswick’s human rights watchdog has released an “educational resource” on how the law protects people from racial discrimination.