September 16, 2026
A behind-the-scenes bid by federal chief justices to make future recommendations from the federal independent judicial pay commission process binding on Ottawa is on hold as representatives of Canada’s 1,200 federal judges and Federal Court associate judges sue the Carney government for allegedly not giving “meaningful effect” to the work and non-binding advice of the latest quadrennial Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission (Giardini Commission.)
September 15, 2026
All employees in Alberta have rights under the Employment Standards Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workers Compensation Act and Human Rights Act, right?
September 15, 2026
I was recently approached by email and asked to be interviewed about my latest book on a Zoom call that would reach more than 800 viewers. What troubled me was that the Zoom call was to originate in Dubai. I checked the company before accepting. The Winnipeg Free Press had reported on the venture and labelled it a scam intent on pushing authors to make sizable donations.
September 15, 2026
Appeal by appellant from an order dismissing his defamation action under the Protection of Public Participation Act (PPPA), and cross-appeal by the respondent from the order that the parties bear their own costs.
September 11, 2026
Ruling 9-0 in favour of the Ontario Crown’s position, the Supreme Court of Canada has declined to impose a presumptive time cap on post-conviction sentencing delays or to make a stay of proceedings the mandatory Charter remedy for unreasonable post-verdict sentencing delay that breaches an offender’s s. 11(b) Charter right to trial within a reasonable time.
September 11, 2026
If you’ve been injured in a motor vehicle accident in Ontario, one of the first questions you’ll probably ask is, “What benefits am I entitled to through my car insurance?”
September 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence is now part of almost every conversation about court efficiency. Those conversations are worthwhile and should continue, and I have no doubt that there is an appropriate place for AI in court operations nationwide. But while that work goes on, it is worth asking what else could make our courts run better using what we already have.
September 09, 2026
MLT Aikins has welcomed Terence Arthur and Grayson Bateyko to the firm’s Edmonton office as counsel.
September 08, 2026
Ottawa has agreed that the federal judiciary reasonably incurred more than $1 million in legal fees and disbursements to participate in the independent quadrennial process that is meant to depoliticize determinations of federal judicial remuneration and avoid pay disputes.
September 04, 2026
Criticizing judges is not wrong. Indeed, criticism of judicial decisions is an important part of a free society. Judges are not infallible, and their reasons are properly subject to scrutiny by lawyers, academics, journalists and the public.