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Apr 27, 2022 · Three days after CBC News revealed Flemming's push to remove him, the RCMP said it had decided "to not proceed" with appointing Chief Superintendent Kevin Leahy, head of the Parliamentary ...
Oct 21, 2021 · Leahy was in line to take over for Assistant Commissioner Larry Tremblay after Tremblay was pushed out of the job earlier this year by the Higgs government.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Represents the riding of Parkdale—High Park. Contact information. arif.virani@parl.gc.ca House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
- Foreword by The Attorney General of Canada
- Application
- CORE Objectives
- Litigation Guidelines
These Principles are rooted in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, guided by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the UN Declaration), and informed by the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)’s Calls to Action. At their core, the Principles seek to further th...
This Directive applies to the Attorney General’s role in civil litigation regarding section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and other Crown obligations towards Indigenous peoples.Footnote 2 It is a concrete manifestation of how the Principlesare effecting transformative change. The Directive promotes an approach to conflict resolution that will be...
A core theme of this Directive is to advance an approach to litigation that promotes resolution and settlement, and seeks opportunities to narrow or avoid potential litigation. Indigenous peoples are entitled to choose their preferred forum to resolve legal issues, and some matters will require legal clarification. Indeed, litigation may be necessa...
The following 20 litigation guidelines instruct counsel as to how the Principlesmust be applied in civil litigation involving Indigenous peoples. The work of operationalizing these Guidelines is already taking place and will be on-going.
As the top prosecuting officer in Canada, 'attorney general' is a separate title held by the minister of justice—a member of the Cabinet. The minister of justice is concerned with questions of policy and their relationship to the justice system.
The Department of Justice has the mandate to support the dual roles of the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada. It is responsible for justice policy development, such as Indigenous legal policy, criminal justice reform, family law and access to justice, to name a few.
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Michael Bernard Mukasey[1] (/ mjuːˈkeɪzi /; born July 28, 1941) [2] is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 81st Attorney General of the United States from 2007 to 2009 and as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1987 to 2006. Mukasey graduated from Columbia University with a ...
