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What is the statutory basis for the existence of "judicial advisory committees" in Canada?
I have to give the answer I had reached myself prior to asking this question, as it was validated by @Jen's answer:
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Can a government lawyer's duty of loyalty be ended in Canada?
Some of your premises are not as absolute as you assume. See the provisions of the BC Law Society's Code of Professional Conduct, for example. The commentary to s. 3.4-2 ("Consent") ...
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What is the statutory basis for the existence of "judicial advisory committees" in Canada?
There is no statutory authority for the Minister of Justice to appoint a judge to a superior court
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What Act of Parliament established the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs in Canada?
See the Judges Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. J-1, ss. 73, 74:
73 There shall be an officer, called the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs, who shall have the rank and status of a deputy head of a ...
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Intra-Provincial Waterway Laws
Riverways have very known borders
Typically, the middle of the river or the deepest part of it is deemed to be the border when the river forms the border between two territories, but at times the ...
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Was the recent ruling against Jordan Peterson an infringement of his free speech?
Everyone agreed that the decision of the College of Psychologists of Ontario impacted Peterson's freedom of expression. The College's decision itself said this. The question was whether the College ...
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Do confidentiality agreements implicitly allow to discuss confidential information with coworkers?
Is it too broad?
Is it too broad in saying "all project and data information" is confidential.
It depends on what the goal of the drafter was and what that term ends up meaning in context.
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Do confidentiality agreements implicitly allow to discuss confidential information with coworkers?
As it is written, and if we take it literally as we have to, this is rather idiotic. Your boss tells you to do something, and according to this confidentiality agreement you are not allowed to tell ...
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Can an American who travels to Canada record calls of other Americans without their consent?
There is the analogous case Kearney v. Salomon Smith Barney, where individuals from an all-party jurisdiction sued an entity from a one-party jurisdiction for what would be illegal recording in ...
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The legality of fictional stories involving sex with minors in Canada?
Written material can constitute child pornography in Canada
Section 163.1(1)(c) of the Criminal Code defines child pornography to include:
any written material whose dominant characteristic is the ...
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