Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says the Liberal government is planning legislation to make Canadian companies ensure that they are not using slave labour or exploiting child workers overseas. In an interview, O’Regan said he is preparing a “comprehensive” bill that would require Canadian firms and government departments to scrutinize supply chains with the aim of…
Ex-chief of Hong Kong Barristers Says He Left City After Police Interview
HONG KONG—A British human rights lawyer and former head of Hong Kong’s Bar Association said he left the city on Tuesday evening, hours after the Chinese regime’s state-backed media said he was summoned to a local police station and interviewed by national security police. The Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po reported that Paul Harris had…
Lawsuits Could Bar 3 Key State Election Laws From Being Enforced for 2022 Midterms
Florida, Georgia, and Texas lawmakers passed significant 2021 election integrity laws but they may not remain intact as adopted—or in effect at all—for midterm primaries and November’s general election. The three states approved election reforms amid heated Democratic opposition in partisan votes by Republican-controlled legislatures last year. All three are enacted, but face legal challenges…
Unvaccinated Lawyers Locked Out Of Courts, Unable to Fight Mandates in Western Australia
February 1, 2022
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The Western Australia (WA) government has banned unvaccinated lawyers and all other staff from attending courtrooms, prompting anger from some law experts who believe the directions fundamentally inhibit justice. Under the order of the WA chief health officer, from Feb. 5, all court and tribunal staff—including lawyers and jurors—will need to have received at least…
British Self-Driving Car Users Should Not Be Responsible for Crashes: Law Commission
Someone behind the wheel of a self-driving car should not be legally responsible if it is involved in a crash, according to new proposals. A joint report by legal review bodies recommended that a clear distinction is made between features which just assist drivers, such as adaptive cruise control, and those that are self-driving. The…
Read How California’s Latest Law Could Target Amazon
December 31, 2021
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California envisaged a new law to prevent the warehousing industry from overworking employees, Bloomberg reports. Clearly, Amazon.com Inc. is the regulatory body’s target, the report adds. Amazon has given machines unparalleled control over workers and allegedly used technology to impose unreasonable demands on them. AB 701, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, prohibits monitoring systems that thwart fundamental…
Quebec Board Wrong to Hire Teacher Who Wore Hijab Given Secularism Law: Legault
December 10, 2021
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MONTREAL—Premier Francois Legault says a school board in western Quebec should not have hired a teacher who wore a hijab. Legault told reporters today in Quebec City the province’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, has been in place since June 2019 and the Western Quebec School Board should have respected it when hiring. It…
Former Air War College Professor Pleads Guilty in Relation to Concealing Contacts With Chinese Official
October 25, 2021
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A former professor at the Air War College has pleaded guilty to making false statements regarding his relationship with a Chinese regime official, the Justice Department announced on Oct. 25. Zhang Xiaoming a former civilian professor at the Air War College on Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to making false statements to…
Former Air War College Professor Pleads Guilty to Concealing Contacts With Chinese Official
October 25, 2021
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A former professor at the Air War College has pleaded guilty to making false statements regarding his relationship with a Chinese regime official, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Oct. 25. Zhang Xiaoming, a former civilian professor at the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to making false statements…
Work on Children’s Rights Bill Will Continue, Says Swinney
Work on a bill to incorporate a U.N. treaty on children’s rights into Scots law will continue despite the original being sent back to Holyrood by the UK Supreme Court, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill passed unanimously earlier this year…
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