Liberals end filibuster, agree to narrow probe proposed by NDP over Tory call for sweeping study
The first Indigenous judge in the Supreme Court’s 148-year history, so the court could avoid the possibility of a tie vote.
With one of its nine members caught up in a disciplinary process, Chief Justice Richard Wagner chose to hear a major federalism case with seven judges, rather than eightand designated Michelle O’Bonsawin, an Abenaki from Northern Ontario, to sit out the two-day hearing that began Tuesday. The ninth judge, Justice Russell Brown, is the subject of a complaint to the Canadian Judicial Council over aThe importance of the case is reflected by the near-record 29 intervenors participating, including seven provinces. It focuses on a federal environmental law, the 2019 Impact Assessment Act and whether Ottawa exceeded its jurisdiction.
Putin made the remarks yesterday at the conclusion of a second day of intensive talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first foreign leader to visit Moscow since the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for Putin’s arrest in connection with alleged war crimes. The Chinese plan contains little in the way of specifics, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government believes the proposal works in Moscow’s favour by suggesting an immediate ceasefire that would leave Russian troops in control of 15 per cent of Ukraine’s territory.
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