supreme court
Two Supreme Court judges announce retirement
KIRK MAKIN, Globe and Mail
The Supreme Court of Canada is facing a significant “void” as two of its judges – Mr. Justice Ian Binnie and Madam Justice Louise Charron – announced their impending retirements.
In a release from the court Friday, Madam Justice Beverley McLachlin announced that Justice Charron's retirement will be effective August 30, 2011, with Justice Binnie’s scheduled for the same day.
“Justice Binnie's retirement will take effect upon the same date or, if there is a delay in the nomination process, so soon thereafter as his replacement is appointed,” she said. Read more »
UPDATED: The chief justice on whether judges coddle criminals
By: John Geddes, MacleansChief Justice Beverly McLachlin isn’t given to casual remarks about matters of law and order, and she’s cautious about politically sensitive subjects. In her interview with Maclean’s (in this week’s issue and here), she seemed understandably reluctant to say much about the federal government’s push to imposing mandatory minimum penalties for a raft of offences. McLachlin deflected our first question on the topic, on grounds that issues surrounding the new minimums are likely to come before her court.
Is our highest court moving to the right?
Editorial, Orangeville CitizenPERHAPS IT’S IN RESPONSE to the law-and-order agenda of the Harper Conservatives, and maybe it’s a sign of things to come. Whatever the case, a Supreme Court of Canada judgment released last Friday must be sending alarm bells ringing among Canadians concerned at protecting our civil liberties.
For years now, we’ve become accustomed to politics dominating the United States Supreme Court, a classic example being when that court voted 5- 4 to effectively put George W. Bush in office by barring recounts in Florida that would likely have given the swing state to Al Gore.
Harper targeted by Insite supporters
Protesters vow to dog PM's Olympic appearancesIAN BAILEY AND JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail
The day after the federal government said it would go to the Supreme Court to try to shut down Vancouver's safe-injection site, supporters of the facility forced the Prime Minister to delay a photo op at a Chinese cultural centre by chaining the doors.
Dozens of Vancouver police officers descended on the site and cut the chains.
Harper government can't accept Insite's right to stay open
Jeremy Hainsworth, Xtra NewsThe federal Conservative government says it will appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a ruling by the BC Court of Appeal that allowed Vancouver's safe-injection site for intravenous drug users to stay open.
The appeal court ruled Jan 15 that Insite is a health care facility and therefore falls under provincial jurisdiction.
But federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says "this case raises important questions regarding the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity and the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments."
Read more »Feds to take B.C. injection site case to Supreme Court
The Canadian PressOTTAWA - The federal government will appeal a British Columbia court ruling that sanctioned Vancouver's supervised drug-injection site, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said Tuesday.
"This case raises important questions regarding the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity and the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments," the minister said in a statement.
"There was a dissenting opinion in the B.C. Court of Appeal, and the government of Canada believes it is important that the Supreme Court of Canada be asked to rule on this matter."
The appeal court ruled Jan. 15 that provinces, not the federal government, have jurisdiction for health care which includes services such as injection sites.
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