A Ukrainian-Canadians group has withdrawn a court challenge of Ottawa’s decision to export gas turbines for a Russian pipeline after the federal government nixed the plan in December. The federal Liberals had approved export permits last July to allow a Montreal company to repair turbines for a natural gas pipeline operated by Russian state-owned energy…
Ukrainian Groups Withdraw Court Challenge of Nixed Turbine Export to Russian Pipeline
Canada Sanctions More of Haiti’s Political Elites, Bringing Total to 15
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced new sanctions against two more Haitian political elites. Facing sanction are former MP Arnel Bélizaire and Charles Saint-Rémy, a businessman associated with former president Michel Martelly, who is among the 13 others Canada has already sanctioned. The two will be barred from entering or undertaking financial dealings in Canada….
Former Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe Seeks to Contest Canadian Sanctions in Federal Court
Former Haitian prime minister Laurent Lamothe is asking a judge to strike down sanctions Canada imposed on him over claims he supported gangs that have unleashed a humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Lamothe filed a notice of application Thursday with the Federal Court in Montreal, arguing the sanctions were an arbitrary decision that did not give…
Federal Court Set to Hear Case About Repatriating Canadians Detained in Syria
A Federal Court is slated to begin two days of hearings today into the Liberal government’s refusal to repatriate 19 Canadian women and children who are being held in northeastern Syria. Family members for the six women and 13 children are expected to argue that the government’s refusal to help them, as well as some…
Former Supreme Court Judge Tapped to Help Settle Several ‘Havana Syndrome’ Claims
Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell will mediate claims against the federal government from nine family members of Canadian diplomats who suffered unexplained ailments in Cuba. The development is a step toward resolving some elements of a Federal Court action filed in 2019 by diplomats and dependants—now numbering 18 plaintiffs—who seek millions of dollars in…
Lawsuit: Woman Illegally Fired for Opposing Gender-Altering Treatments
A Michigan health care system is accused of wrongfully firing a health care worker who held “religious beliefs about gender and sexuality that are contrary to its agenda,” a federal lawsuit says. As The Epoch Times reported last week, former physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman had attempted to avoid suing her former employer, University of Michigan Health-West…
Trump Emerges Victorious in Lawsuit, Wins in Federal Court | Facts Matter
Former President Donald Trump has been facing several legal challenges coming from multiple directions. However, for some reason, the exact same news sources that spend countless minutes of airtime dissecting all these legal challenges somehow failed to mention that a federal appeals court has tossed out a lawsuit against Trump that had been in litigation…
US Federal Court Refuses Request to Dig into Juror’s Cellphone
The cellphone and other electronic devices of “Juror X,” whose social-media posts during a high-profile federal case created controversy, will not be subjected to forensic examination, a federal appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, refused to issue an order allowing a probe of the…
Group Files Constitutional Challenge of ArriveCan App in Federal Court
A constitutional rights group has launched a legal challenge of a federal requirement that travellers to Canada use the ArriveCan app. The action was filed in Federal Court by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms on behalf of 11 Canadians, including some allegedly fined up to $8,500. The legal challenge, spearheaded by an organization that…
Emergency Order Sought for Ohio Juror’s Cellphone Data
A battle over the cellphone data of “Juror X,” who repeatedly posted on Facebook about her involvement in a high-profile Ohio case, has intensified. In a recently released order, Judge Douglas Cole allowed prosecutors and defense lawyers to question two more jurors about possible improper influences during the trial of P.G. Sittenfeld, a former Cincinnati…
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