Draftsmanship is one of the quiet strengths of legal practice. A well-crafted sentence can prevent a dispute; a poorly drafted clause can create one. Nowhere is ...

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear 18 appeals during its winter session, with cases including the closely watched appeal ...

"There will be circumstances that are not intended to have been captured by the initial position where the social harm is not what people are imagining by the provision. We want to maintain some ...

The Liberal government should invoke the notwithstanding clause to enforce a mandatory minimum punishment on child pornography possessors, say Alberta Tories. In a letter sent to Prime Minister Mark ...

Former Saskatoon Christian school director John Olubobokun received an 18-month conditional sentence Thursday in the assault case against former students. Opinion: Canada wasn't 'stolen' from ...

John Olubobokun, the former director of Saskatoon's Christian Centre Academy who was found guilty on nine charges of assaulting students with a wooden paddle, will serve an 18-month conditional ...

A packed courtroom gathered Thursday to hear a former Saskatoon Christian school director receive a conditional sentence after he was found guilty this past summer on nine counts of assault. John ...

John Olubobokun has received an 18-month conditional sentence for hitting students with a paddle while he was the director of a private Christian school in Saskatoon’s north end. A conditional ...

A Vancouver taxi driver who used his cab to assist a dial-a-dope operation in 2021 will get to serve his 20-month sentence in the community. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Heather MacNaughton convicted MD ...

Sean Fraser has ruled out using the notwithstanding clause to reverse a recent Supreme Court decision throwing out mandatory sentences You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby Pierre ...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if elected he’d use the notwithstanding clause to overturn Friday’s controversial ruling from the Supreme Court. (Raphaël Tremblay/CBC - image credit) ...