Government of Canada Drops Khadr Bail Appeal
The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency [...]
Opening of the 2016 St. Lawrence Seaway Navigation Season
The opening of the 2016 navigation season is scheduled to [...]
Canada Amends Iran Sanctions
On 5 February 2016 the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of [...]
SOLAS Verified Gross Mass Requirements in Legislative Limbo
Background The Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) is [...]
Gavin Magrath leads LRWC Intervention in Trinity Western University v LSUC
The Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision today on [...]
LRWC Letter re: China – Coordinated Harassment, Incommunicado Detention and Disappearances of Lawyers and Other Human Rights Defenders
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers [...]
Developments in Canada/US COOL dispute
Readers may recall my 2012 update on the WTO dispute between [...]
Opening of 2015 Navigation Season on St Lawrence Seaway
****CORRECTED March 6th 2015***** ****Opening of Navigation DELAYED for ice [...]
CBSA Announcement re West Coast Ports
[The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) issued the following statement [...]
LRWC Letter to Argentina Re: Death of Alberto Nisman
LRWC is gravely concerned with the actions of the Government of Argentina leading up to and following the death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman on Sunday, 18 January 2015. Alberto Nisman died of a single gunshot wound to the head the day before he was scheduled to give evidence to the Argentinean Congress about a federal government cover-up.