"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...

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...

11 leave to appeal decisions from Supreme Court Canada this Thursday. #scc decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...

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. jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/chpp-001-003#?image_identifier=CHPP-001-003-p0117

#StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini #Ukraine 🌻 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🍁

Sanna Marin former prime minister of Finland. #EU #Ukraine 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 🇨🇦

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...

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...

#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

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...

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...

#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...

Supreme Court Canada dismissed 11 leaves to appeal and granted one. #SCC agreed to hear a Charter freedom of #religion case over disclosure of private and confidential religious information under BC Personal Information Protection Act. #bclaw #privacy

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 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

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...

New Post: The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth ablawg.ca/2025/11/19...…er-diverse-youth/

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

Supreme Court Canada #HabeasCorpus and #prisons decision Friday. "Whether denial of reclassification and transfer to lower security institution is deprivation of residual liberty reviewable by way of habeas corpus."

Unanimous oral Supreme Court Canada judgment. #SCC upholds man’s [ONCA] conviction for sending sexually explicit material to person under 16 years of age [child]. Watch and listen to J Kasirer's oral judgment. #criminallaw #children

12 Supreme Court Canada leave to appeal decisions Thurs. Charter, disclosure and #privacy of religious congregation information. #Indigenous treaty rights, duty to consult and #Saskatchewan dams. Parents #humanrights and children protection order/court.

BREAKING: The City Council voted unanimously to pay $17M to a man who spent 27 years in prison after he was convicted of a double murder he did not commit, bringing the total cost of settling 9 lawsuits naming disgraced former CPD Detective Reynaldo Guevara to $112M, records show. @wttw.bsky.social

The King’s uniting presence was profoundly felt during his Speech from the Throne, when he reaffirmed that the “True North is indeed strong and free!” — Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, wishing the King of Canada a happy 77th birthday

2 Supreme Court Canada breathalyzer evidence decisions. Crown can rely on certificate from person administering breath test to prove that breath machine is properly calibrated. #SCC justice Suzanne Côté was lone dissent in both decisions. #criminallaw

[Split Supreme Court Canada criminal law decision] throws doubt into questions of deference. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

2 Supreme Court Canada #criminallaw decisions involving breathalyser evidence on Friday. #scc press release decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...

10 Supreme Court Canada leave to appeal decisions Thursday. #SCC decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...

Supreme Court Canada, "On #RemembranceDay, the Court pauses to join Canadians in honouring all those who have served our country." [via SCC linkedin] #LestWeForget #RememberThem

"We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields" Poem In Flanders Fields by Canadian army field surgeon John McCrae of #Guelph Canada writing after 2nd battle of Ypres Belgium 1915 World War One. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at National War Memorial Ottawa. One of the greatest traditions I've seen started when Canadians spontaneously laid their poppies on the tomb after the first unknown solder was interred in May 2000. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #RememberThem

ICYMI: My piece in the National Post addressing some of the myths being spread about the "notwithstanding clause" to justify its widespread use. nationalpost.com/opinion/leon...

Charter Rights s33 notwithstanding clause usage: Supreme Court Canada will hear appeals of #Saskatchewan's school pronoun law. #scc www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

xSupreme Court Canada justice Rosalie Abella, born in shadow of #Holocaust, 'if we judges and lawyers don't protect justice, then democracy doesn't have a chance [...] Too often, law and justice are in a dysfunctional relationship.' @hollylake.bsky.social #scc www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

#Ostrich case: Supreme Court Canada refused to hear appeal to stop controversial cull of hundreds of #ostriches at farm in British Columbia. Cull ordered by #CFIA after two birds tested positive with avian flu. #scc #animals www.bbc.com/news/article...

Supreme Court Canada dismissed 4 leaves to appeal and granted 1. #SCC will hear #Saskatchewan use of Charter Rights s33 notwithstanding clause in #education law. #constitution

#BC #ostrich farm case: Supreme Court Canada dismissed stay of execution motion and dismissed leave to appeal with costs. Unanimous FCA decision dismissed farm appeal stands. #scc #animals #health

New official photograph of Supreme Court Canada justices. #SCC

For those wondering. Under the #Elections Act there is a direct statutory appeal to Supreme Court Canada bypassing the appellate courts. www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/s... MT @lyleskinner.bsky.social #cdnpoi #democracy #scc

#Elections: #Quebec Bloc candidate, former MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, to appeal one-vote loss in Terrebonne to Supreme Court Canada. #scc #cdnpoli montrealgazette.com/news/canada_...

#Elections: Former Bloc MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné who lost her #Quebec riding by a single vote is taking matter to the Supreme Court Canada. #SCC #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1150867...

Nov 7 Friday Supreme Court Canada #criminallaw sexual assault 'capacity to consent' decision. QCCA overturned acquittal and ordered new trial on 1 count.

5 Supreme Court Canada leave to appeal decisions Th. BC #Ostrich farm CFIA ordered culling case [FCA unanimously dismissed farm appeal]. #Saskatchewan's use of Charter notwithstanding clause in education law. #Familylaw and division of property. BC vexatious litigator case. #SCC

Supreme Court Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner, along with Justices Malcolm Rowe and Michelle O’Bonsawin will visit #ThunderBay Nov 17, 18. Will visit Bora Laskin #lawschool and Kinna-aweya [#Indigenous] Legal Clinic. Plus public events. #SCC #onlaw