The Legislative Assembly of Ontario voted on Thursday to exempt records held by ministers from freedom of information (FOI) requests. The amendment is said to have violated the right of Ontario citizens to transparency and privacy. Bill 97, also known as the Plan to Protect Ontario Act (Budget Measures), contains several statutes and amendments to [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled by a 5-4 narrow majority on Friday that the police may approach the door of private dwellings to talk with the occupant for a lawful investigation. Writing for the five-judge majority, Justice Mahmud Jamal held that the police may use their senses of sight, hearing, or smell to further [...]

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association on Thursday criticized Alberta’s new bill to limit patients’ access to medical assistance in dying (MAID). The group urged the province to withdraw the bill, claiming that the bill infringes upon the constitutional right to liberty and security. While the statement acknowledged the government’s interest in protecting vulnerable individuals, it [...]

January 2026 marks the end of British Columbia’s three-year pilot program to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs, a move intended to address the west coast Canadian province’s worsening toxic drug crisis. The policy was meant to remove the stigma attached to drug-related crimes and encourage people who use drugs (PWUD) to seek assistance [...]

Fiji, Hungary, Namibia and the United States on Thursday each filed declarations of intervention to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case against Israel in relation to the situation in the Gaza Strip. The interventions illuminate the legal issues the court will be facing at trial. One such key issue is what constitutes [...]

The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Canada’s House of Commons ended the debate on the Combating Hate Act on Wednesday. Several groups criticized the push for passage, claiming that the bill is poorly drafted and would violate the freedoms of speech and religion. The Combatting Hate Act, Bill C-9, would criminalize the [...]

British Columbia’s attorney general introduced two bills on Monday that would effectively ban protests near schools and places of public worship in order to preserve public access and maintain public safety. In a press conference, BC Premier David Eby said the bills come in response to “disturbing events targeting Jewish and other religious communities.” Currently [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled by an 8-1 majority on Friday that Quebec’s subsidized daycare regulation discriminated against women refugee claimants. The ruling requires Quebec to include refugee claimant parents as a group eligible for daycare subsidies. At issue is Section 3 of Quebec’s Reduced Contribution Regulation, which lists the population groups eligible to [...]

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance on Friday upheld a revised policy that limits journalists’ access to the vehicle registry. To obtain the particulars of a vehicle, journalists must now make a written submission to the Commissioner for Transport, outlining the purpose of obtaining the particulars of a vehicle and how it will be used. [...]

The South Korea Central District Court on Wednesday jailed two doctors for performing an abortion on a woman who was in her 36th week of pregnancy. The court held that the hospital director and the operating surgeon are both guilty of murder, sentencing them to prison terms of six and four years, respectively. According to the prosecutor, the [...]