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Supreme Court denies government request to limit Senate-reform evidence
OTTAWA — Canada’s highest court has rejected a request from the federal government to limit the amount of evidence submitted as it considers the constitutionality of Senate reform, but it has agreed to...
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NDP rejects allegations it will appoint party faithful to Senate
OTTAWA — Don’t expect to see New Democrats sitting in the Senate anytime soon, even if the party forms government in 2015. In a television interview on CPAC Monday night, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair was...
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Provinces want voices heard on Senate reform
OTTAWA — All 10 of Canada’s provinces have served notice to the country’s highest court that they want to their voices heard when the Supreme Court of Canada hears arguments about how the Senate could...
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Abolishing Senate would create ‘dictatorship,’ retiring Alberta senator says
OTTAWA—Bert Brown has a sharp answer when it comes to Senate abolition. “No,” he says. “Can’t be done.” The outgoing elected senator from Alberta and the government’s point man in the upper chamber on...
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Senate reform could weaken minority language representation, rights groups say
OTTAWA — The country’s largest organization representing French-language communities across Canada fears current proposals for an elected Senate could harm representation for minority language rights,...
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Senate abolishment ‘would be the last resort’ if reforms fail, Alberta MP writes
OTTAWA — Another day, another reference to abolishing Canada’s Senate. This time the reference to removing Parliament’s upper chamber from the legislative landscape came not from the opposition New...
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Justice Morris Fish’s retirement from Supreme Court kickstarts selection...
OTTAWA — Supreme Court of Canada Justice Morris Fish is retiring, leaving Prime Minister Stephen Harper with another important appointment to the top court. The Supreme Court announced Monday that Fish...
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Supreme Court upholds acquittal of Saskatchewan woman who left baby in...
OTTAWA – A Saskatchewan woman whose acquittal in a child abandonment case was upheld by Canada’s top court on Friday is “very pleased” with the decision and can now move forward with her life after a...
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Proposed union finances bill passes constitutional muster, ex-Supreme Court...
OTTAWA – A controversial private member’s bill that would require unions to reveal staff salaries, operating expenses and political activities to the Canada Revenue Agency doesn’t run afoul of the...
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Supreme Court won’t hear Rob Ford appeal (video)
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it would not hear an appeal into Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s conflict of interest case. An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled in November that Ford...
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Senate won’t have a voice in cabinet for the first time in decades
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially shut the Senate out of his cabinet on Monday as he continued to put distance between his government and a simmering spending scandal in the upper...
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Facts and arguments from the federal government and provinces on Senate reform
OTTAWA — Provincial governments are taking a dim view of the federal government’s latest argument that it can reform the Senate without provincial consent. After the Harper government filed a legal...
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Justice Minister and Attorney General Peter MacKay reveals justice priorities...
OTTAWA — When newly minted Justice Minister and Attorney General Peter MacKay addresses the Canadian Bar Association for the first time on Monday, don’t expect him to follow in the footsteps of his...
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Alberta, Saskatchewan side with Ottawa before Senate court fight
OTTAWA — A regional showdown at the top court in Canada is brewing over the future of the Senate, as the Harper government found two key allies on Friday in its bid to reform or abolish the upper...
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Provinces want voices heard on Senate reform
OTTAWA — All 10 of Canada’s provinces have served notice to the country’s highest court that they want to their voices heard when the Supreme Court of Canada hears arguments about how the Senate could...
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Abolishing Senate would create ‘dictatorship,’ retiring Alberta senator says
OTTAWA—Bert Brown has a sharp answer when it comes to Senate abolition. “No,” he says. “Can’t be done.” The outgoing elected senator from Alberta and the government’s point man in the upper chamber on...
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Federal Appeal’s Court Judge Marc Nadon latest Supreme Court nominee
OTTAWA — Within moments of his nomination to Canada’s highest court, Federal Appeal’s Court Justice Marc Nadon came under fire for being a man. While his nomination maintains the critical regional...
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The puck stops here: New Supreme Court justice never drafted by Detroit Red...
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper Thursday confirmed the appointment of Justice Marc Nadon to the Supreme Court of Canada, even as controversy swirled among hockey fans about Nadon’s NHL claims...
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New Supreme Court Justice Marc Nadon won’t hear cases pending legal challenge...
OTTAWA – It’s been a tough first week for Canada’s newest Supreme Court justice, who says he won’t participate in matters before the court just yet because his appointment is now the subject of a legal...
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Federal government refers appointment of Marc Nadon to Supreme Court for...
OTTAWA – Under fire for botching its latest Supreme Court appointment, the federal government said Tuesday it was sending the whole matter to the high court for review in a move critics say is a little...
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