Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) and Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General of Newfoundland and Labrador, announced funding of $3,255,700 over five years to enhance and support services to victims and survivors of crime, including victims of sexual assault, in Newfoundland and Labrador. The full … Read more
Liberal MP René Arseneault (Madawaska–Restigouche, N.B.) announced a $937,243 funding agreement with Escale MadaVic, a shelter for abused women and their children. This five-year funding agreement will help improve access to community-based services for victims of sexual violence in northwestern New Brunswick. The full release is available online. Call 613-992-4621.
Liberal MP Sean Fraser (Central Nova, N.S.) announced funding to the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association to raise awareness and understanding of the Canadian criminal justice system. The Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association will use $162,543 in funding over two years to develop a bystander intervention program specific to Nova … Read more
Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) remains committed to appointing judges of the highest calibre who are representative of the diversity of our great country. That commitment is demonstrated by the Minister’s new Judicial Advisory Committee process for assessing applicants to the federally-appointed judiciary. Wilson-Raybould is proud to announce appointments to the … Read more
Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) announced the following appointments under the new judicial application process announced on October 20, 2016: John James Lyon Hunter, Senior Litigation Counsel at Hunter Litigation Chambers in Vancouver, is appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia; and Andrew Phillip Avtar Mayer, Vice President … Read more
Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) announced the following appointments under the new judicial application process announced on October 20, 2016: David M. Paciocco, a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa, is appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and Deborah Swartz, a sole practitioner in Kingston, is appointed … Read more
Liberal MP Colin Fraser (West Nova, N.S.) and Bernadette Jordan (South Shore–St. Margaret’s, N.S.) announced funding support to the Tri-County Women’s Centre of Nova Scotia to enhance the supports they offer to victims and survivors of sexual violence in the criminal justice system. The Tri-County Women’s Centre will use the $75,929 in funding to work with non-governmental victim … Read more
Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) began a working visit to South Africa that will include meetings with the South African Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, former President Kgalema Motlanthe, Justices of the Constitutional Court, and the Chief Commissioners of the South African Human Rights Commission and the South African … Read more
Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver-Granville, B.C.) announced the following appointments under the new judicial application process announced on October 20, 2016 in the province of Alberta: The Honourable Marilyn Slawinsky; Ritu Khullar, Q.C.; Michele H. Hollins, Q.C.; and William T. deWit, Q.C. The full release is available online. Call 613-992-4621. Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody … Read more
The Government of Canada issued the following statement: “A media statement made on January 16, 2014 by Jason MacDonald, Director of Communications for the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, about the National Council of Canadian Muslims prompted legal action by the NCCM. The Government of Canada affirms that the statement made about the NCCM does not reflect … Read more
