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The Standard,The row over the foreign citizenship of five recently appointed undersecretaries abated slightly yesterday when two of them gave up their foreign passports. Ethicist tells Catholic journalists in Toronto to be 'word warriors' - 29 May 2008 Catholic Courier,By Deborah Gyapong TORONTO (CNS) -- Ethicist Margaret Somerville, one of Canada's leading intellectuals, challenged members of Catholic media to become Concern grows as copyright law debate heats up - May 8, 2008 Ottawa Citizen,But he isn't convinced that Mr. Prentice ordered the type of rewrite necessary to make Canada's law distinct from the American model and more balanced for Blakes Strengthens Intellectual Property Practice - Canada Law News - May 7, 2008 Lawfuel (press release),OTTAWA (May 6, 2008) – LawFuel - Legal Newswire Service - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, today announced Voices: Polygamy laws - May 25, 2008 Toronto Star,We asked you whether you think laws banning polygamy in Canada should be enforced. Here's what you had to say. The law of the land should be the same for Let Quebec collect its own taxes, Bloc tells Ottawa - May 26, 2008 Globe and Mail,In addition, the Bloc has proposed to remove Quebec from the sphere of Canada's law on multiculturalism and to create a provincial equivalent to the CRTC to Is Toronto's Sign By-law Unconstitutional? - May 26, 2008 Torontoist,Two pending lawsuits challenge the constitutionality of certain aspects of the City of Toronto's sign by-law [PDF]. The first aspect is the by-law's less AFL-CIO pushes stronger legislation on plant closing notification - May 26, 2008 Workday Minnesota,...while Canada's law establishes "mandatory" joint worker-management-government committees to help the workers when a shutdown is announced. Canada finally poised to deliver on promise of affordable ... - May 7, 2008 Canada NewsWire (press release),But Canada's law is riddled with unnecessary hurdles," said Richard Elliott, Executive Director of the Legal Network. "Getting this far has required an New Canadian Copyright Law Expected Any Day Now - May 21, 2008 Exclaim!,Rumours are flying around the internet that the long awaited USA-style copyright laws for Canada are imminent. A cynic might even say that Canadian Industry Strict guidelines urged for nanomaterials - May 21, 2008 Globe and Mail,Nanomaterials should be banned in foods and some packaging, and there should be mandatory labelling for these novel compounds in cosmetics, personal-care Five copyright myths and the countries that love them - Apr 30, 2008 Ars Technica,Instead, Geist makes his case for Canada's law being too strict already in significant ways. The country has no official parody right and no time-shifting CGCA hopefuls cover wide spectrum - May 7, 2008 Financial Post,Carla Swansburg, senior counsel, Royal Bank of Canada Law Group. She has been involved in a number of matters, from litigation involving Cinar to claims Canadian internet registry moves to protect privacy - May 26, 2008 CBC.ca,Sweeping changes to Canada's home on the World Wide Web will put the country on the vanguard of internet privacy. But while law enforcement isn't happy Where is the love? - May 16, 2008 Telegraph-Journal,...federal calls for more targeted immigration, and the Conservative government's outstanding record on building up Canada's law enforcement capacity and Arctic declaration denounced as territorial 'carve up' - May 28, 2008 Guardian Unlimited,Arctic nations were yesterday accused of paving the way for a polar "carve up" when they signed a deal aimed at resolving territorial disputes. Protesters rally against 'regressive' unborn victims bill - May 4, 2008 Edmonton Journal,Nearly 100 people gathered in Old Strathcona Saturday to protest a proposed law they say poses a direct threat to women's reproductive rights in Canada. Texting to put criminals behind bars - Apr 30, 2008 Prepaid Reviews,Hi there! If you're new to the site, you may want to subscribe to the the feed. When I was a lad, I’d always see and hear notices for Crime Stoppers, Akshay Kumar Gets Honorary Doctorate Degree - May 12, 2008 TopNews,Ace Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law degree by the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada for his priceless work NEWS - MLA Bennett Raises Polygamy Issue In House - May 11, 2008 B-104,Bennett says we must find out once and for all if Canada's law banning polygamy is constitutional. Bennett credits Attorney General Wally Oppal with Age of consent rises to 16 - May 4, 2008 Vancouver Sun,The age of sexual consent in Canada has risen from 14 to 16 under a new law that is part of the Conservative government's omnibus anti-crime legislation. Welcome Dr. Akshay Kumar - May 14, 2008 NDTV.com,PTI Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law by the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada for his outstanding work in Military rewrites contracts with security firms - May 27, 2008 Edmonton Journal,OTTAWA - The Canadian military has quietly revised its contracts with private-security providers in Afghanistan to ensure they obey international McGuinty promises to review Ont. law on severance to plug loophole - May 13, 2008 680 News,TORONTO - Ontario's Employment Standards Act may have to be beefed up to stop companies from using a loophole to avoid paying severance, Premier Dalton US Supreme Court expected to make decision on Teck Cominco case soon - 30 Dec 2007 The Canadian PressVANCOUVER - The US Supreme Court is expected to decide this week if it wants to hear the case of a pollution lawsuit against Teck Cominco Ltd. (TSX:TCK. Nominations Invited for the Bank of Canada's Law Enforcement Award ... - Dec 18, 2007 Canada NewsWire (press release),OTTAWA, Dec. 18 /CNW Telbec/ - Beginning today, the Bank of Canada is inviting nominations for the fifth annual Law Enforcement Award of Excellence for Canada Bill to Protect Pregnant Women, Unborn Children to Receive Vote - Dec 6, 2007 LifeNews.com,Unlike in the United States, Canada law does not recognize the unborn child as a second victim in criminal attacks. A baby is not considered a human being 'Lost Canadian,' son of war vet to regain citizenship - Dec 5, 2007 National Post,Another quirk in Canada's law says that any child born out of wedlock overseas to a Canadian father and a non-Canadian mother does not qualify for Why Americans Should Arbitrate In Canada - Dec 21, 2007 Mondaq News Alerts (subscription),Choosing where to arbitrate international commercial disputes can be even more important than the choice of arbitrator. The place of arbitration has The Telecom Trotskyites - Dec 20, 2007 Financial Post,We don't know exactly what happened to Industry Minister Jim Prentice on his way to Parliament with a new copyright law. But we do know he never showed up How did copyright become cool? - Dec 13, 2007 Globe and Mail,When did copyright law become sexy? Jim Prentice must be wondering. This week, Canada's freshly shuffled Industry Minister was set to table new copyright Manitoba child porn law praised - Nov 30, 2007 Canada.com,Manitoba's tough new child pornography law is being applauded by a legal expert who says Internet service providers are making big profits off the abuse and A decade later: Canada and the Mine Ban Treaty - Dec 5, 2007 Rabble.ca,But Canada's law is fraught with red tape. This Magazine explains that, "generic drug-makers are forced to make short-term applications to make finite A dialogue on the Aqsa Parvez case - Dec 15, 2007 National Post,The death of Aqsa Pervez has prompted considerable soul searching and much polarized debate about multiculturalism, how to balance religious rights vs. TELLING THE TRUTH IS ABOUT TO BE CRIMINALIZED - Dec 3, 2007 The People's Voice,...for certain minorities. http://www.rense.com/general77/charged.htm Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (S.1105) is America's version of Canada's law. Cellphone spectrum set-aside simply a first - Dec 3, 2007 Toronto Star,Spectrum allocation, which focuses on the availability of frequencies used to provide wireless services, involves fairly technical questions that few Harper to change rules so slain cop can be considered for medal: MP - Dec 8, 2007 The Canadian Press...policing is inspirational, and a reminder of the dangerous work performed every day, around the clock, by Canada's law enforcement professionals," he said. It Is the Time for Testing - Dec 5, 2007 Men's News Daily,Lawmakers in Washington need to be alarmed and alert as they welcome Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey. From an objective external perspective the United QUICK SEARCH BY ORGANIZATION - Dec 13, 2007 Canada NewsWire (press release),As a national focal point for research and development efforts that support Canada's law enforcement and responder communities, the CPRC will work in Tackling Technological Quick Fixes in Sexual & Reproductive Health - Dec 4, 2007 RH Reality Check,In this age of “cutting edge� technologies and newly discovered treatments, the field of sexual and reproductive health has its own share of emerging issues High Park resident files Human Rights complaint against Air Canada - 28 Nov 2007 insideTORONTO.com,According to Gale Paul, a privacy officer with Air Canada's Law Branch, in the letter to Nash, "Air Canada does not, and did not, practice racial profiling. Politics of fear: Harper's "war on drugs" - 28 Nov 2007 Rabble.ca,The Conservative government has taken another big step in its ideological drive for a "tough on crime" law and order agenda. This time it's Bill C-26, Killer's cell to become exhibit on DNA - Nov 27, 2007 Globe and Mail,FREDERICTON — A Fredericton jail cell where convicted serial killer Allan Legere spent a great deal of time after his 1989 crime rampage is being turned Private email is not always hush hush - Nov 26, 2007 Toronto Star,Hush Communications was founded in 1998 and a year later it unveiled hushmail, a free encrypted email service that allows users to blanket their electronic washington urges senate to approve law or sea treaty, arctic ... - Nov 5, 2007 The Canadian Press...washington - the bush administration is applauding a move by us senators toward finally endorsing the international treaty on the law of the sea. Global economy attracts global anti-trust scrutiny - Nov 26, 2007 Reuters South Africa,By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic globalisation is increasingly being matched by greater antitrust enforcement as more nations scrutinize media advisory - attorney general to release report on civil ... - Nov 21, 2007 Canada NewsWire (press release),...toronto, nov. 21 /cnw/ - ontario attorney general chris bentley will attend a reception at the law society of upper canada where he will announce the death penalty decision can still be reversed - Nov 7, 2007 Embassy,...he and mr. day said, should canada ask for clemency for a man convicted of a double murder? why indeed? if canada's law prohibiting execution for its lead, children and crime - Nov 16, 2007 ECO/Huff Strategy (press release),...here is the next column (november 16, 2007) by environmental law specialist dianne saxe. previously bi-monthly, new columns will come out on a monthly basis quebec's distinct employment culture - Oct 31, 2007 The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel,...editor's note: hiring employees in canada can be a dicey proposition for american companies. the countries appear so alike that employers risk overlooking ogilvy renault launches new product recall practice - Nov 7, 2007 Canada NewsWire (press release),...toronto, nov. 7 /cnw/ - ogilvy renault llp launched a new practice focused on product recalls. this innovative recall and crisis management practice will hate sermons - Oct 31, 2007 indiainteracts.com,...it is our duty to keep law and order and faithfully guard the safety of every citizen. hate is one of the many sources of disrupting the peace in a society finding hope in nepal - Nov 16, 2007 Denver Post,...by joanne ditmer reality checks are both valuable and rare. we chug along in our daily lives, oblivious to what's happening elsewhere. so my annual tsx revels in good news - Nov 1, 2007 Windsor Star,...toronto - in a reverse of murphy's law, just about everything that could go right did go right for canadian stocks on wednesday. the toronto stock witness to face hearing - Oct 31, 2007 24 Hours Vancouver,...by bill tieleman, 24 hours erik bornmann, the crown's key witness in the breach of trust case against former bc government ministerial aides david basi and Informal man with a common touch - Nov 26, 2007 Ottawa Citizen,Mr. Lamer was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1980. In 1990, he was named chief justice, serving until his retirement in January 2000. Canada Teen Heads to Jail for Killing Girlfriend Who Refused Abortion - Oct 24, 2007 LifeNews.com,Alberta Conservative MP Leon Benoit was denied a vote on his 2006 bill to have Canada's law recognize both victims. In June 2006, a parliamentary committee Canada Family Continues Push for Unborn Victims Law After Mom's Death - Oct 19, 2007 LifeNews.com,However, unlike in the United States, Canada law does not recognize the unborn child as a second victim in criminal attacks. A baby is not considered a Northern countries met to discuss Arctic - Oct 23, 2007 Barents Observer,The Norwegian government last week invited senior officials from all the five coastal states of the Arctic to discuss politics, economy and environment in What's wrong with the new crime bill? - Oct 22, 2007 Rabble.ca,Nobody likes crime. Define crime through mayhem’s three ill begotten children – guns, gangs and drugs – add in a hefty dose of terrorist threats, The Macleans.ca Interview: Wally Oppal - Oct 1, 2007 Macleans.ca,Tough-talking Attorney-General Wally Oppal insists he's the man who will finally put Canada's law against polygamy to the test—either by pursuing a charge Sask. estate laws could surprise common-law couples - Oct 15, 2007 StarPhoenix,The number of common-law couples in Canada is growing at 16 times the rate of marriages. But each province has unique laws governing common-law couples. Where is justice when judges don't know law? - Oct 9, 2007 Edmonton Journal,KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan - How do you dispense justice in a country where judges don't know the law and warlords run their own prisons? Conference on gangs held in Missoula - Oct 13, 2007 Helena Independent Record,Bringing their expertise from as far away as Los Angeles and Canada, law enforcement officials spent four days swapping anecdotes, attending courses and Privacy: Terra Not Incognita - Oct 2, 2007 p2pnet.net,...p2pnet news view | Politics:- Last week the privacy world gathered in Montreal for the most important global privacy conference on the calendar. Liberals would vote against Tories over bad environmental policy: Dion - 27 Aug 2007 Canada.com,...worth of national party advertising funds that were claimed as individual candidates’ election expenses in possible breach of Elections Canada law. Bank of Canada Announces the Recipients of its 2007 Law ... - Aug 23, 2007 Canada NewsWire (press release),..."That is why the Bank strongly supports Canada's law-enforcement authorities in the fight against counterfeiting and is proud to honour the tremendous Top prizes for Western Law students - Aug 21, 2007 Western News,By Communications Staff Two University of Western Ontario Law students have been awarded first and second place in the Insolvency Institute of Canada Law Drugs fuel crime boom - Aug 18, 2007 Canada.com,...with nearly 150 new groups added to the national list of about 800, according to a new report compiled by Canada's law enforcement agencies. RECHERCHE RAPIDE PAR ORGANISME - Jul 31, 2007 CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Stikeman Elliott is currently recognized as Canada's "Law Firm of the Year" by both the International Financial Law Review and Chambers Global. Canada Man Attacks Pregnant Girlfriend, Pro-Life Advocates Want ... - Aug 2, 2007 LifeNews.com,Canada's law only allows charges to be brought for crimes against people after birth and Alberta Conservative MP Leon Benoit was denied a vote on his 2006 The Art of Protest - Aug 22, 2007 Art Threat Magazine,The use of provocateurs by Canada's law enforcement agencies is not new news, but solid proof of such despicable acts of sabotage are more rare. Deal will help Inuit relations, PQ Leader says - Aug 14, 2007 Globe and Mail,...the federal government and that they should have the right to split from Quebec if the province votes to leave Canada. Law professor Sébastien Grammond, The materials contained on this Web site are for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. Use of information on this site does not create or constitute an attorney-client relationship. |
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