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The deferred prosecution agreement was a new addition to Canada's legal landscape and authority was bestowed upon the Director of Public Prosecutions. If SNC-Lavalin had received a deferred prosecution, it would not be subject to approximately 10-year sanctions from bidding on public infrastructure contracts in Canada.
The Black Class Action Secretariat has formally filed a complaint against the federal government on behalf of Black civil servants with the United Nations Human Rights Council. "With this complaint, we are elevating Canada's past failures and failure to act in the present to an international body." said Nicholas Marcus Thompson. [33]
After its review and investigation of a complaint, the Council can make recommendations to Parliament through the Minister of Justice that a judge be removed from office. Canada is one of the very few countries where a complaint can be made against the Chief Justice in the same way as any other judge.
The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (CRCC, French: La Commission civile d’examen et de traitement des plaintes relatives à la GRC) is an independent agency. Created by Parliament in 1988, the Commission ensures that public complaints made about the conduct of RCMP members are examined fairly ...
In a series of court filings over the weekend, the Justice Department continued to press for the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his investigations into Donald Trump.
In recent closed-door testimony to Congress, the top-ranking Justice Department prosecutor in Washington, DC, refuted claims from two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers that he blocked ...
The Department of Justice has indicted former President Trump on dozens of counts of mishandling classified documents. The indictment has renewed protests from GOP lawmakers and allies of the ...
An abuse of process is the unjustified or unreasonable use of legal proceedings or process to further a cause of action by an applicant or plaintiff in an action. It is a claim made by the respondent or defendant that the other party is misusing or perverting regularly issued court process (civil or criminal) not justified by the underlying legal action.