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Since the late spring of 2004 an ever increasing amount of my practice has been devoted to:
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Shawn Brant's Preliminary Inquiry Begins
Brant's preliminary hearing begins
Jeremy Ashley The Intelligencer Local News - Monday, August 27, 2007 Updated @ 6:08:17 PM
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Save the Court Challenges Program!
The federal government announced on Sept. 25, 2006 that it was abolishing the Court Challenges Program, a small program that provided modest contributions to the cost of important test cases dealing with language and equality rights. Without this Program, Canada's constitutional rights are real only for the wealthy. A website is now online to coordinate national efforts to save it: http://www.savecourtchallenges.ca
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Update: Law Union Mining Law Reform Project
October 18, 2006
A majority of the world's global mining industry is based in Canada. It is an industry targeted internationally for being associated with environmental harm and human rights abuses. There is a federal government-led national consultation underway evaluating corporate social responsibility ("CSR") and the extractive sector. The Law Union will be making a submission to the Government in favour of legal reforms to hold Canadian-based mining companies accountable for environmental harms and human rights abuses abroad.
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ACTION ALERT: Free Leonard Peltier!
Political Prisoner held for 30 years by U.S. government A Hearing has been scheduled for February 13, 2006 to correct the illegal sentencing that occurred in Leonard Peltier's case. The basis for this motion is that the United States District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the statutes upon which Mr. Peltier was convicted and sentenced.Posted in Criminal | News read more
Sharing Info on an Infiltrator: Solidarity with Arrested Enviros
Three enviros doing actions associated with Earth Liberation Front (ELF) in the U.S. were nabbed by cops thanks to two years of work by “Annaâ€, the infiltrating snitch. Now the word’s out and folks are tracing her movements - courting activist trust, all her emails signed off with “solidarity†or “resistâ€.Posted in Criminal | News read more
U.S. War Resisters In Cdn Court
LAWYER WANTS CANADA TO LET US IRAQ DESERTERS STAY By Amran Abocar Reuters Thursday, February 09, 2006 TORONTO (Reuters) - Two U.S. army deserters were unfairly denied asylum in Canada partly because the refugee board would not consider the legality of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, their lawyer said on Wednesday. The soldiers want the Federal Court of Canada to overturn an immigration board decision last March that denied them refugee status in Canada.Posted in Immigration | News read more
Be Worried: Privacy, the LSAT & The Patriot Act
Students writing LSAT warned about privacy threat CBC News The University of Ottawa is warning aspiring lawyers that they may be giving up their privacy when they hand over thumbprints while taking an admission test administered by a U.S. company.Posted in National Security | News read more
Not Guilty! Activists Acquitted!
12 protesters involved with the Action Committee of Non-Status Algerians (CASS) were acquitted of mischief in relation to the occupation of the Immigration Minister’s offices in downtown Ottawa on May 29, 2003, more than two-and-a-half years ago.Posted in Immigration | News read more
Tougher sentences, costly and ineffective
from the Winnipeg Free Press Sun Feb 19 2006 By KIM PATE, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies In the wake of the tragic Boxing Day shooting in Toronto, media fear-mongering and political posturing conspired to convince Canadians that rising crime rates deserve the get-tough response of mandatory minimum sentencing.Posted in Criminal | News read more
