Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ / FCJC)
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National Canadian nonprofit dedicated to access to justice research and advocacy since 1998. Affiliated with Osgoode Hall Law School.
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The CBA is sounding the alarm that Canada's creaking justice system is being starved of much-needed funds to fulfill its constitutional mandate. Learn more about why we're calling on the feds to close the federal courts' funding gap: https://bit.ly/3JraZ5m
Calling on the feds to close the federal courts’ funding gap
Growing delays could undermine the judiciary’s independence and effectiveness, erode public confidence
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October 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The CBA is sounding the alarm that Canada's creaking justice system is being starved of much-needed funds to fulfill its constitutional mandate. Learn more about why we're calling on the feds to close the federal courts' funding gap: https://bit.ly/3JraZ5m
The Quebec government has deposited a draft of a proposed provincial constitution which the premier says will "affirm Quebec’s distinct national character": www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Quebec tables draft constitution to affirm its 'distinct national character,' premier says | CBC News
The constitution, filed at the National Assembly on Thursday and lambasted by opposition parties as a piece of political theatre filed without proper consultation, includes language asserting Quebec’s...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Quebec government has deposited a draft of a proposed provincial constitution which the premier says will "affirm Quebec’s distinct national character": www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
At a ceremony to open the Supreme Court's judicial year, Chief Justice Richard Wagner told dignitaries gathered in the courtroom that the country's legal community is united in a deep conviction that the rule of law and judicial independence are not abstract concepts: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Chief justice says rule of law, judicial independence protect Canada from autocracy | CBC News
While Canada is not a superpower in the traditional sense of the word, it's "certainly a democratic superpower," Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Monday at a ceremony to open the Supreme Court's judi...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
At a ceremony to open the Supreme Court's judicial year, Chief Justice Richard Wagner told dignitaries gathered in the courtroom that the country's legal community is united in a deep conviction that the rule of law and judicial independence are not abstract concepts: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Saskatchewan residents now have more options when seeking legal help. Amendments to the province's Legal Profession Act have come into force which allows non-lawyers to apply for limited licences to provide certain legal services: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Think you need a lawyer? Sask. law society allows non-lawyers to provide some services | CBC News
Saskatchewan residents now have more options when seeking legal help after amendments to the Legal Profession Act came into effect this week, which allows non-lawyers to apply for limited licences to ...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Saskatchewan residents now have more options when seeking legal help. Amendments to the province's Legal Profession Act have come into force which allows non-lawyers to apply for limited licences to provide certain legal services: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'You can change laws, but culture takes longer,' B.C. minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation says. 10 years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's report, more work needs to be done despite progress: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
10 years after Truth and Reconciliation Commission report, advocates say more work needs to be done | CBC News
Ry Moran helped gather statements from residential school survivors for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which released its final report and 94 calls to action in 2015. And while progress has...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
'You can change laws, but culture takes longer,' B.C. minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation says. 10 years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's report, more work needs to be done despite progress: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
An Ontario court has dismissed nearly 250 appeals of driving offence convictions after a judge determined they were part of a paralegal’s “scheme” to undermine the province’s demerit point system: www.cp24.com/local/toront...
More than 200 driving offence appeals dismissed in apparent ‘scheme’ to exploit Ontario’s demerit point system, judge says
An Ontario court has dismissed nearly 250 appeals of driving offence convictions after a judge determined they were part of a paralegal’s 'scheme' to undermine the province’s demerit point system in a...
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September 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
An Ontario court has dismissed nearly 250 appeals of driving offence convictions after a judge determined they were part of a paralegal’s “scheme” to undermine the province’s demerit point system: www.cp24.com/local/toront...
The Alberta government's plan to add Canadian citizenship markers to provincial driver's licences has been met with skepticism by some legal and immigration experts, who worry the measure is a "disproportionate" solution that the province might have a hard time justifying: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Minister dismisses concerns over discrimination as Alberta's citizenship marker on IDs draws skepticism | CBC News
The Alberta government's plan to add Canadian citizenship markers to provincial driver's licences has been met with skepticism by some legal and immigration experts, who worry the measure is a "dispro...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Alberta government's plan to add Canadian citizenship markers to provincial driver's licences has been met with skepticism by some legal and immigration experts, who worry the measure is a "disproportionate" solution that the province might have a hard time justifying: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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🚨Windsor Law is hiring! 🚨
@windsorlaw.bsky.social is looking for 4 asst/assoc profs who bring social justice & critical perspectives to our core curriculum, esp environmental law, torts, constitutional, family, evidence, int'l trade & Indigenous law. Deadline: Sep 24
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@windsorlaw.bsky.social is looking for 4 asst/assoc profs who bring social justice & critical perspectives to our core curriculum, esp environmental law, torts, constitutional, family, evidence, int'l trade & Indigenous law. Deadline: Sep 24
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Four (4) Tenure-Track Assistant or Tenured Associate Professor Positions - Faculty of Law
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September 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
🚨Windsor Law is hiring! 🚨
@windsorlaw.bsky.social is looking for 4 asst/assoc profs who bring social justice & critical perspectives to our core curriculum, esp environmental law, torts, constitutional, family, evidence, int'l trade & Indigenous law. Deadline: Sep 24
www.uwindsor.ca/faculty/recr...
@windsorlaw.bsky.social is looking for 4 asst/assoc profs who bring social justice & critical perspectives to our core curriculum, esp environmental law, torts, constitutional, family, evidence, int'l trade & Indigenous law. Deadline: Sep 24
www.uwindsor.ca/faculty/recr...
Quebec's government is planning to ban public prayers. The ban on public prayers is expected to be one aspect of a bill whose broader objective is to strengthen secularism in Quebec: www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
Quebec government to legislate ban on public prayers
A bill by François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec government is proposing to ban public prayers.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Quebec's government is planning to ban public prayers. The ban on public prayers is expected to be one aspect of a bill whose broader objective is to strengthen secularism in Quebec: www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
Every year, the RCMP receives tens of thousands of photos and videos of suspected child pornography from tech giants, all per Canada's mandatory reporting laws. But even though the majority of these images are not deemed harmful, the RCMP plans to store them for 100 years: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
RCMP stores explicit media flagged as child porn — even if it's not, Quebec court case reveals | CBC News
Every year, the RCMP receives tens of thousands of photos and videos of suspected child pornography from tech giants like Google or Meta, all per Canada’s mandatory reporting laws.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Every year, the RCMP receives tens of thousands of photos and videos of suspected child pornography from tech giants, all per Canada's mandatory reporting laws. But even though the majority of these images are not deemed harmful, the RCMP plans to store them for 100 years: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Prominent intervener groups are telling the Supreme Court of Canada that its 2022 practice direction confining their counsel to Zoom and barring intervener lawyers from making submissions in person is hurting their advocacy and restricting access to justice: www.law360.ca/ca/articles/...
Bar ramps up campaign to end ‘Zoom-only’ policy & get intervener counsel back into SCC’s courtroom - Law360 Canada
Prominent intervener groups are telling the Supreme Court of Canada that its 2022 practice direction confining their counsel to Zoom and barring intervener lawyers from making submissions in person be...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Prominent intervener groups are telling the Supreme Court of Canada that its 2022 practice direction confining their counsel to Zoom and barring intervener lawyers from making submissions in person is hurting their advocacy and restricting access to justice: www.law360.ca/ca/articles/...
Ontario's Court of Appeal will consider a motion by a lawyer who wants to remain anonymous in his dispute with the Law Society of Ontario, which argues that the public – and potential clients – have the right to know that he sexually abused multiple children: www.lawtimesnews.com/resources/pr...
OCA set to consider continued anonymity request by lawyer who sexually abused children
The LSO is challenging the motion and the lawyer's right to practise law
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August 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ontario's Court of Appeal will consider a motion by a lawyer who wants to remain anonymous in his dispute with the Law Society of Ontario, which argues that the public – and potential clients – have the right to know that he sexually abused multiple children: www.lawtimesnews.com/resources/pr...
The Quebec government says legal opponents challenging its secularism law at the Supreme Court of Canada are merely rehashing old, failed arguments in an effort to overturn established legal precedent: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Quebec says Bill 21 opponents are trying to overturn established law
Quebec has filed 100 pages of legal arguments to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing in which it will defend Bill 21 in court for a third time
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August 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Quebec government says legal opponents challenging its secularism law at the Supreme Court of Canada are merely rehashing old, failed arguments in an effort to overturn established legal precedent: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal has ruled a challenge to the province's pronoun law can continue: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Appeal court rules litigation of Sask. pronoun policy can continue | CBC News
The decision hinged on whether the court has jurisdiction to issue a declaration that a law violates sections of the Charter despite the invocation of the notwithstanding clause.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal has ruled a challenge to the province's pronoun law can continue: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests — and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long delays as a result: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/imm...
Immigration lawyers say rising number of CSIS security screenings causing delays
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests — and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long
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August 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests — and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long delays as a result: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/imm...
Online age verification systems are sweeping the internet as jurisdictions introduce laws to prevent children from accessing certain content, and a wave of privacy concerns has followed: www.cbc.ca/news/online-...
'Can I see some ID?' As online age verification spreads, so do privacy concerns | CBC News
The U.K.'s Online Safety Act took effect last Friday, putting age gates on content deemed unsuitable for minors, including pornography and content about suicide and self harm. While some sites have pu...
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August 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Online age verification systems are sweeping the internet as jurisdictions introduce laws to prevent children from accessing certain content, and a wave of privacy concerns has followed: www.cbc.ca/news/online-...
Canadians' electronic health records need more protections to prevent foreign entities from accessing patient data, according to commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal: www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canadians' health data at risk of being handed over to U.S. authorities, experts warn | CBC News
Canadians' electronic health records need more protections to prevent foreign entities from accessing patient data, according to commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Canadians' electronic health records need more protections to prevent foreign entities from accessing patient data, according to commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal: www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
A potential referendum question on Alberta separating from Canada has been referred to a judge for confirmation that the question doesn’t violate the Constitution: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Potential Alberta separation referendum question referred to judge for approval
Question would seek a yes or no answer to whether people agree with Alberta becoming a sovereign country
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July 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A potential referendum question on Alberta separating from Canada has been referred to a judge for confirmation that the question doesn’t violate the Constitution: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
A man found guilty for his role in an immigration fraud scheme has had the charges stayed because a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) agent working on the case was accused of intimidating witnesses, then allowed to investigate and clear himself: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Sask. judge stays immigration fraud convictions after 'systemic collapse' during border agency investigation | CBC News
Gurpreet Singh was found guilty of 10 charges, all of which were related to his preparation of false letters of employment. Those charges have now been stayed because a CBSA agent working on Singh's c...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A man found guilty for his role in an immigration fraud scheme has had the charges stayed because a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) agent working on the case was accused of intimidating witnesses, then allowed to investigate and clear himself: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
An anti-abortion group challenged a 2016 law requiring a buffer zone around abortion clinics arguing that it restricts free speech. A recent Quebec Superior Court decision found that the law does in fact limit freedom of speech, but that limitation is reasonable: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Quebec anti-abortion group fails to reverse decision banning protests in front of clinics | CBC News
Protesters will have to remain 50 metres away from abortion clinics in Quebec. On Monday, a Quebec Superior Court judge upheld the 2016 law, citing the need for the boundary.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
An anti-abortion group challenged a 2016 law requiring a buffer zone around abortion clinics arguing that it restricts free speech. A recent Quebec Superior Court decision found that the law does in fact limit freedom of speech, but that limitation is reasonable: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This Globe and Mail opinion piece argues that restorative justice could have offered a better path for everyone involved in the Hockey Canada trial: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Restorative justice could have offered a better path for everyone involved in the Hockey Canada trial
Despite myths that restorative justice is about leniency for the accused, Canada is well placed to invest in a rigorous process that offers a path to accountability and meaningful change
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July 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This Globe and Mail opinion piece argues that restorative justice could have offered a better path for everyone involved in the Hockey Canada trial: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
In the fight to better help people with severe and persistent mental illness in Ontario — which can sometimes result in costly detention in jails and hospitals — two opposing camps are lobbying the Ministry of Health in very different directions: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Debate on forced mental health treatment continues as one woman's costs top $800K | CBC News
A CBC News analysis found one woman's ongoing journey through the mental health and justice systems has cost more than $800,000 since 2018. In Ontario, two main camps are lobbying for change — each wi...
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July 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In the fight to better help people with severe and persistent mental illness in Ontario — which can sometimes result in costly detention in jails and hospitals — two opposing camps are lobbying the Ministry of Health in very different directions: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A proposed settlement of up to $60 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit related to the use of solitary confinement in B.C. correctional facilities: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Settlement proposed in class-action lawsuit over B.C. solitary confinement | CBC News
A proposed settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit that alleges the B.C. government improperly subjected prisoners to solitary confinement, "causing emotional, physical, and psychologica...
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July 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A proposed settlement of up to $60 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit related to the use of solitary confinement in B.C. correctional facilities: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario's proposed landlord drug liability law would make landlords responsible for preventing drug activity in units: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario wants to make landlords liable for preventing drug activity on their property | CBC News
Supportive housing providers say a new Ontario law that would make landlords responsible for preventing certain kinds of drug-related activity in their units could threaten their ability to house thos...
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July 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ontario's proposed landlord drug liability law would make landlords responsible for preventing drug activity in units: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Government of Canada is investing in the expansion of Drug Treatment Courts in Saskatchewan: www.newswire.ca/news-release...
Canada invests in the expansion of Saskatchewan Drug Treatment Courts
/CNW/ - The Government of Canada is providing up to $850,000 annually to support the operation of drug treatment courts (DTCs) by the Government and Courts of...
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July 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Government of Canada is investing in the expansion of Drug Treatment Courts in Saskatchewan: www.newswire.ca/news-release...