Canada’s Minister of Diversity, Inclusion, and Persons with Disabilities, Kamal Khera, unveiled the federal government’s inaugural comprehensive strategy to address the rising tide of hate incidents across the country on Tuesday. The landmark initiative brings together 20 key federal programs under a unified network and details the creation of a new “Combatting Hate: Community Information Resource Hub” in [...]

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Monday began hearing a constitutional challenge to Ontario’s controversial Bill 7, the More Beds, Better Care Act. The challenge claims that the bill violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms citing concerns about age discrimination, personal autonomy, and informed consent. Bill 7 was enacted in September 2022 [...]

The East Coast Prison Justice Society’s Visiting Committee released its third annual report on Tuesday revealing that between September 1, 2022, and August 31, 2023, over 70 per cent of incarcerated individuals in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia’s jails were being held in pre-trial custody, marking an increase from approximately 66 per cent in [...]

Members of Parliament convened in Canada’s House of Commons for an emergency debate on Monday evening to address six recent deaths of First Nations individuals in interactions with police forces across the country. NDP MP Lori Idlout requested the debate on the first day of the fall sitting of the House of Commons after the [...]

Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced on Tuesday the suspension of 30 permits for arms sales to Israel and the unprecedented blocking of a contract with the US Government to send Quebec-made ammunition to the Israeli Defense Forces, according to local, media. The Canadian arm of General Dynamics, a US-based corporation, had produced the [...]

The Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Canadian prairie province of Saskatachewan found on Monday that Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) officers had improperly accessed investigation files without authorization. The privacy breach involved three police officers who viewed sensitive investigation records of nine individuals for personal reasons, potentially compromising ongoing investigations. An audit revealed that one [...]

A former aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul was arrested Tuesday alongside her husband on charges of acting as an agent of the Chinese government. Linda Sun is accused of having used her positions to subtly advance Chinese interests in exchange for millions of dollars. Sun was arrested by FBI agents along with her [...]

Hungary on Tuesday missed the first deadline to pay a €200 million European Court of Justice (ECJ) fine imposed in the case Commission v. Hungary in 2020. The fine was levied by the ECJ over Hungary’s failure to comply with EU asylum regulations. In response to the missed deadline, the European Commission issued a second [...]

A downtown Toronto court judge heard Wednesday as part of an agreed statement of facts that a teenage girl in custody had been strip-searched six times at two different facilities while in custody. The searches were reportedly part of routine procedures for the facilities every time she arrived or returned from a family visit or [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to reinstate the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) student loan relief initiative by President Joe Biden. The decision keeps a lower court’s injunction in place, raising uncertainty for millions of borrowers. The SAVE plan had been designed as a more targeted approach to student debt relief to [...]