Democracy Watch says Trudeau’s Watchdog Appointments are a Charade

 DW calls for independent, merit-based appointment process. In a press release today Democracy Watch (DW) called on the Trudeau Cabinet to “stop its multi-year charade and establish an actually independent, merit-based appointment process for all the federal democratic good government watchdogs,” The independent and respected agency said the Trudeau Cabinet’s

Ottawa Legal The Big Picture: Ottawa Law Firms are Amongst the Best in the World

 It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour. — THOMAS JEFFERSON From international media coverage of gripping court cases to the dramatic portrayals of lawyers on television and film screens, we love to watch the law. As a city that is home to some

Lingering legal wars of the officially recognized Métis Nation

 While Canada has made headway in addressing injustices of First Nation groups, it has largely overlooked the rights of Métis - another significantly large Aboriginal population. The Métis have been tossed back and forth between federal and provincial governments, each disputing its jurisdictional responsibility to deal with them as a