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A constituency assistant fired by the Ontario NDP after being sexually harassed by MPP Michael Mantha was not terminated for just cause, an arbitration decision has found. Mantha was suspended from caucus in April 2023 and then permanently removed last August, after a workplace investigator found he pressured the woman to “engage in non-consensual sexual interactions with him,” required her...
On a Tuesday afternoon this month, an alarmingly familiar scene played out in a downtown Toronto courtroom. Sitting at a table with his lawyers, a man accused of assaulting and sexually assaulting his former common-law partner over several years listened as the judge quickly read through some brief reasons to get to her bottom-line decision: she was tossing his case.
The federal government’s chronic failure to quickly appoint judges has led to the collapse of two child sexual assault cases at Toronto Superior Court, with the judge in one case calling it an “embarrassment” and saying the Liberals have “knowingly allowed” the situation to get out of control. Superior Court Justice Michael Code blasted the government in a decision, released...
Ten years ago, then-Toronto city councillor Doug Ford arrived at the Superior Court for jury duty. He didn’t want to be there.
Premier Doug Ford’s intention to appoint tough “like-minded judges” who will put even more people in jail is a “deeply disturbing” stance that fails to grasp what’s really needed to keep Ontarians safe, says University of British Columbia law professor Benjamin Perrin. And Perrin would know a thing or two about a “tough on crime” approach with a heavy focus...
Premier Doug Ford is doubling down on his desire to have "like-minded" judges in Ontario courts, a stance described by lawyers as a "substantial threat" to the independence of the courts and the public’s confidence in the justice system. "I am going to make sure we have like-minded judges," Ford said Monday during question period at Queen's Park in response...
The inclusion of two of Premier Doug Ford’s former senior staffers on the committee that recommends which lawyers should become Ontario judges is raising concerns that the independent process has been tainted and politicized. Ford’s former deputy chief of staff Matthew Bondy has been the chair of the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee (JAAC) since Feb. 1. It’s an arm’s-length body...