Federal funding boost for legal aid in Canada
Ottawa pledges 88 million dollars over five years to strengthen criminal legal aid nationwide starting with 9 million this year. The plan aims for 30 million annually in additional federal support by 2021, with provinces and advocates welcoming the move as a step toward fairer access to justice.
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Ottawa
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Liberal
Feder
Justice Department
Karen Hudson
Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission
Hudson
Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada
Quebec
Stephanie Vallee
Emilie Simard
Vallee
Increasing belief of discrimination against aboriginal people survey
A Environics Institute survey of 2000 Canadians shows 59 percent see a significant gap in living standards between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people while 90 percent say aboriginals are often or occasionally targets of discriminatory behavior. The study highlights awareness but reveals knowledge gaps about residential schools and Indigenous issues.
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Ottawa
Environics Institute For Survey Research
Canada
Ry Moran
National Centre For Truth and Reconciliation
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Regina
Moran
NDP
Charlie Angus
Angus
Judge awards 8M to B C man wrongfully imprisoned 27 years
Chief Justice Hinkson of the British Columbia Supreme Court orders an 8 million plus payout to Ivan Henry after a 130 page ruling found Crown wrongful non disclosure denied him a fair trial. Henry spent nearly 27 years jailed before acquittal in 2010 of 10 sexual assault convictions. The decision cites withheld police notes reports lab info interviews and witness statements.
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B.C
Vancouver
Christopher Hinkson
B.C. Supreme Court
Ivan Henry
Henry
Hinkson
Shell allows Arctic permits pass to aid Canadian conservation push
Shell Canada transfers 30 Arctic energy exploration permits to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, which forwards them to the federal government to back a larger marine protected area north of Baffin Island. The region near Lancaster Sound hosts belugas narwhals seals and Inuit hunting communities since the 1980s.
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Shell Canada
Canada
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Michael Crothers
Baffin Island
Northwest Passage
Lancaster Sound
Baffin Bay
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