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Westray Law 20th anniversary: ‘A historic failure’

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Friday, March 29, 2024
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“The overwhelming majority of these workplace fatalities and injuries were preventable, yet the Westray Law has rarely been used to prosecute employers and hold them criminally accountable.

Key Points: 
  • “The overwhelming majority of these workplace fatalities and injuries were preventable, yet the Westray Law has rarely been used to prosecute employers and hold them criminally accountable.
  • The Westray Law was named in memory of 26 coal miners who were killed in the Westray Mine explosion in Nova Scotia in 1992.
  • “The Westray Law was a historic achievement that promised greater corporate accountability for workplace safety and greater protection for workers,” says Allen Martin, whose brother Glenn, 35, was one of the miners killed in the Westray Mine explosion.
  • On the Westray Law’s 20th anniversary, the USW, supported by the CLC and other labour federations, is ramping up the campaign to pressure governments to take action to address the failure to enforce the law.

CBSA firearms investigation leads to prison time for Keswick man

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 3, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to keeping prohibited firearms and firearms parts from entering Canada and ensuring anyone who breaks Canada's laws is held accountable.

Key Points: 
  • MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 3, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to keeping prohibited firearms and firearms parts from entering Canada and ensuring anyone who breaks Canada's laws is held accountable.
  • On March 15, Michael Vukmanovic of Keswick, Ontario was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to 16 charges under the Criminal Code for firearms manufacturing and possession.
  • This sentence is the result of an investigation led by the CBSA's Intelligence and Investigations Operations Divisions in Toronto following a firearm seizure in Southern Ontario.
  • The CBSA launched its investigation in January 2022 when Border Services Officers in Windsor, Ontario intercepted firearm parts in courier parcels destined for Vukmanovic's residence in Keswick.

ASC issues public interest orders in response to criminal fraud conviction against Nickolas Donovan Ellis

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Ellis was also convicted of three counts of trafficking in forged documents and three counts of identity fraud and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Key Points: 
  • Ellis was also convicted of three counts of trafficking in forged documents and three counts of identity fraud and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
  • The remaining two fraud convictions stem from bridge financing for a construction project and a business acquisition scheme.
  • An ASC panel found that Ellis' fraud convictions arose from a course of conduct related to securities and that it was in the public interest to issue an order against him under the Securities Act (Alberta).
  • As a member of the Canadian Securities Administrators, the ASC works to improve, coordinate and harmonize the regulation of Canada's capital markets.

Enforcement notification - Tax evasion - Fugitive Brampton tax preparer caught and jailed for $34 million fraudulent charitable donation scheme

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Friday, March 22, 2024
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Bayden was a partner in a tax preparation business known as E & F Tax Associates or as Bankay Financial Services Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, and later in Brampton.

Key Points: 
  • Bayden was a partner in a tax preparation business known as E & F Tax Associates or as Bankay Financial Services Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, and later in Brampton.
  • Bayden then provided his clients with false charitable donation receipts in the names of various charitable organizations to which he was connected.
  • Bayden charged his clients approximately 10% of the face value of the false charitable donation amounts that were claimed.
  • The CRA has set up a free subscription service to help Canadians stay current on the CRA's enforcement efforts.

Bell installs aerial alarms on its network to help fight copper theft, resulting in local arrests

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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Earlier this year, Bell started installing aerial alarms across its network, with plans to expand deployment to more locations.

Key Points: 
  • Earlier this year, Bell started installing aerial alarms across its network, with plans to expand deployment to more locations.
  • On February 26, 2024, an aerial alarm in Fredericton, New Brunswick successfully notified the local RCMP of a cable cut.
  • We're enhancing the security measures to our network – including the installation of aerial alarms – to better protect our critical infrastructure from vandals and hold them to account.
  • Bell is calling on provincial and federal governments to help communications providers improve the resiliency of Canada's telecommunications networks.

Government of Canada introduces legislation to combat harmful content online, including the sexual exploitation of children

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Monday, February 26, 2024
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The Bill would create stronger online protection for children and better safeguard everyone in Canada from online hate and other types of harmful content.

Key Points: 
  • The Bill would create stronger online protection for children and better safeguard everyone in Canada from online hate and other types of harmful content.
  • Government of Canada introduces legislation to combat harmful content online, including the sexual exploitation of children.
  • The Bill would create stronger online protections for children and better safeguard everyone in Canada from online hate and other types of harmful content.
  • They could also include design features to limit children's exposure to harmful content, including explicit adult content, cyberbullying content and content that incites self-harm.

Government of Canada announces federal support for auto theft investigations and stolen vehicle recovery

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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Modernizing the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to ensure they consider technological advancements to deter and prevent auto theft.

Key Points: 
  • Modernizing the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to ensure they consider technological advancements to deter and prevent auto theft.
  • As was highlighted at the recent National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft, collaboration is essential to combatting this crime efficiently.
  • Canada has strong laws in place to address auto theft at various stages of the crime.
  • Some stolen vehicles also remain in Canada enabling other crimes to be committed with the vehicles and are destroyed afterwards.

BCSC bans convicted fraudster from investment market

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has permanently banned a convicted Vancouver fraudster from participating in the investment market.

Key Points: 
  • Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has permanently banned a convicted Vancouver fraudster from participating in the investment market.
  • Jeffrey Shaughnessy had pleaded guilty in provincial court to the Criminal Code offence of obtaining credit by false pretence or fraud.
  • The BCSC imposed sanctions on Shaughnessy under its authority to reciprocate orders by other securities regulators, self-regulatory organizations, exchanges or courts.
  • Although the BCSC provided him with the opportunity to be heard ahead of imposing the reciprocal order, he did not participate in the hearing.

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces judicial appointments to the Federal Court

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Monday, February 12, 2024
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OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 12, 2024 /CNW/ - The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016.

Key Points: 
  • OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 12, 2024 /CNW/ - The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016.
  • Julie L. Blackhawk, General Counsel at the Department of Justice Canada in Ottawa, is appointed a Judge of the Federal Court.
  • This includes 64 appointments since the Honourable Arif Virani became Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada on July 26, 2023.
  • Federal judicial appointments are made by the Governor General, acting on the advice of the federal Cabinet and recommendations from the Minister of Justice.

Government of Canada hosts National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Discussions held at the Summit focused on finding solutions to the growing challenge of auto theft in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • Discussions held at the Summit focused on finding solutions to the growing challenge of auto theft in Canada.
  • Transport Canada will modernize the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to ensure they consider technological advancements to deter and prevent auto theft.
  • "I want to thank all participants in today's Summit for coming together with one objective in mind – combatting auto theft.
  • Canada has strong laws in place to address auto theft at various stages of the crime.