I just published A Secure Centralized Data System for the Justice Sector in Canada & U.S. link.medium.com/R2ciiHpzQIb

Ontario’s anti-panhandling law finally struck down by courts. #onpoli linkedin.com/posts/mjbryant…

Chief Justice Roy McMurtry, who passed away last night, was a great … everything. He rose to every occasion, every calling, every opportunity to serve. I hope that his life is studied, emulated and taught for generations.

Thank god ⁦ACLU⁩ exists. nytimes.com/audio/app/2024…

Big day for Legal Aid BC thanks to Centre for Family Equity and West Coast LEAF Niki Sharma (she/her) David Eby youtube.com/live/ozoEo3Hbw…

#legalaid webinar underway hosted by CBABC The Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, starring BC First Nations Justice Council Legal Aid BC CLAS and Ministry AG. cbapd.org/details_en.asp…

“the feds anticipate 90,000 newcomers from Ukraine will land in Canada in the next two months”. And they’ll all need lawyers. This could eat up the fed budget for legal aid in a month. Expect chaos without sound fiscal planning by ⁦Min of Justice/Attorney General of Canada⁩ nationalpost.com/news/canada/ca…

Although Canadian international students seeking asylum may have tripled by 2022, it has doubled or tripled since that time. Legal Aid BC has seen 70%+ increases year over year since 2022. And this fiscal year will be even higher. The ensuing impacts of Canada's foreign policy…

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See para 371 where Justice Mosley comments on the high level of advocacy in the case.
Congrats to our HHR team Ewa Krajewska 🇺🇦 and Brandon Chung and the CCF advocates Sujit Choudhry and Janani Shanmuganathan. WELL DONE!

A landmark case that establishes the value of judicial review and public interest litigants like the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and CCF.

Court rules Ottawa's invocation of Emergencies Act was unjustified canadianaffairs.news/2024/01/23/cou… via Canadian Affairs

It’s not only charities that are “tapped out” by refugee spike. ⁦Legal Aid BC⁩ and all BC refugee lawyers have seen doubling, tripling of demand. ⁦CityNews Vancouver⁩ #bcnews #canpoli vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/01/18/ref…

Tools of the trade: armed with the Charter of Rights and a Naloxone kit lanyard, Legal Aid BC Navigators hit the road to better serve our clients.

Yes, again. Indigenous over incarceration worsens. Again. cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

Big s. 8 Charter case out of the ONCA today: R v Lambert, 2023 ONCA 689. Paciocco JA writes reasons that largely reject the passive vs. active state action distinction that the ONCA left open in Orlandis-Habsburgo as to what constitutes a search or seizure so as to engage s. 8.