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B.C. court finds Criminal Code first-degree murder parole provision unconstitutional
The B.C. Supreme Court has found a section of the Criminal Code unconstitutional because it treats all offenders convicted of ...
Québec’s religious symbols law: Appealing to the Supreme Court for real rights under the Charter
Despite a finding by the Québec Superior Court that Bill 21 has a cruel and dehumanizing impact on Muslim women, the law has survived. Now, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenges to it.
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Supreme Court of Canada upholds verdict of NL man found not guilty of sexual assault
The country’s top court has dismissed the Crown’s appeal in the case of a Newfoundland man acquitted of sexual assault. A ...
Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols Will Be Tested at the Supreme Court
Canada’s highest court will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing ...
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Quebec’s Bill 21: Canadian Supreme Court will hear challenge over secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce Thursday morning whether it will hear a challenge of Quebec's controversial ...
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Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec’s contentious secularism law
Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With ...
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Canada Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal and paves way for McGill construction
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal led by Indigenous elders who claimed that an under-renovation McGill ...
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Dutch Supreme Court rejects bid by Amanda Todd’s tormentor to scrap Canadian sentence
Aydin Coban was convicted by B.C.’s Supreme Court in 2022 of the extortion and harassment of Port Coquitlam teenager Amanda ...
Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21 secularism law
Premier François Legault has made affirming state secularism a central part of his Coalition Avenir Québec government. Bill 21 prohibits certain public sector workers, such as judges, police officers, ...
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada announced on Thursday that it will hear a landmark challenge to Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21. The law was passed in 2019 and prohibits certain public sector employees ...