The most recent legal aid data from the Department of Justice Canada reports that total expenditures on legal aid reached a landmark in 2022-23 surpassing the $1 billion mark, standing at $1.14 billion. This brings to mind the phrase famously attributed to the American Senator Everett Dirksen, although he later denied having said it but decided he would let it stand anyway because it sounded ...

3 days ago · The most recent legal aid data from the Department of Justice Canada reports that total expenditures on legal aid reached a landmark in 2022-23 surpassing the $1 billion mark, standing at $1.14 billion. This brings to mind the phrase famously attributed to the American Senator Everett Dirksen, although he later denied having said it but decided he would let it stand anyway because it sounded ...

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Sep 5, 2023 · Is that all there is? If that’s all there is my friends Then let’s keep dancing… “Is that all there is”, song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Administrative law can be complicated. The Supreme Court of Canada in Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, tried to uncomplicate the law. Professor Paul […]

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Jan 17, 2025 · One of the earliest projects that was launched at the University of Victoria’s AI Risk and Regulation Lab was a mapping initiative that tracked both how artificial intelligence (AI) is regulated and litigated. To date, litigation tracking has primarily been focused on cases arising from the United States and internationally as until November 2024, there […]

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Jan 13, 2025 · [Une version française suit] On January 13, 2000, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its landmark decision in Arsenault-Cameron v.Prince Edward Island, 2000 SCC 1 (CanLII), [2000] 1 SCR 3, a case significant for its impact on minority language educational rights in Canada.This decision was also the Court’s first to adopt the Neutral Citation Standard for Case Law, a pivotal innovation ...

[Une version française suit] On January 13, 2000, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its landmark decision in Arsenault-Cameron v.Prince Edward Island, 2000 SCC 1 (CanLII), [2000] 1 SCR 3, a case significant for its impact on minority language educational rights in Canada.This decision was also the Court’s first to adopt the Neutral …

Written by Daniel Standing, LL.B., Content Editor, First Reference Inc. This case reads like a cautionary tale for employers. In 2024 O.H.R.T.D. No. 862, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal exposed the danger of adopting an inflexible approach to an employee’s challenging caregiving role at home.In the end, significant damages were awarded for …