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What's New ARCHIVES

October 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005

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October 11, 2005

Minister of Justice Announces Members of New Advisory Committee for Next Supreme Court Appointment

Backgrounder: Members of the Advisory Committee on Supreme Court of Canada Appointments

October 19, 2005

Charges laid under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act against a Rwandan national living in Canada

October 20, 2005

Financial Assistance for Victims to Attend National Parole Board Hearings and Creation of a National Office for Victims

Backgrounder: National Office for Victims

Backgrounder: Victims of Crime

October 21, 2005

Ontario Judicial Appointment Announced

October 25, 2005

Minister of Justice Initiates Reforms to the Judicial Appointments Process

October 26, 2005

Key Child Protection Reforms and Voyeurism Offences to Come into Effect

Frequently Asked Questions: Age of Consent to Sexual Activity

October 27, 2005

Speaking Notes for the Honourable Irwin Cotler, Reforms to the Judicial Appointments Process

Minister of Justice Moves to Restrict the Use of Conditional Sentences of Imprisonment

Backgrounder: Fair and Effective Sentencing - A Canadian Approach to Sentencing Policy

Backgrounder: Conditional Sentencing Reform Bill

November 2, 2005

Government of Canada Introduces Legislation to Improve the Effectiveness of the DNA Data Bank

Ontario Judicial Appointments Announced

November 3, 2005

Canada's War Crimes Program releases its 8th Annual Report

November 9, 2005

Minister Cotler Announces Three-Pronged Strategy to Combat Gun Violence

November 10, 2005

Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice Advance Canada’s Justice Agenda

November 14, 2005

Joint Statement by the Hon. Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness & the Hon. Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Statement by Minister of Justice on Restorative Justice Week 2005

November 16, 2005

Saskatchewan Judicial Appointments Announced

November 23, 2005

Government of Canada Annouces Agreement in Principle Toward a Fair and Lasting Resolution of the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools

Federal Court Judicial Appointment Announced

Ontario Judicial Appointments Announced

Quebec Judicial Appointment Announced

British Columbia Judicial Appointments Announced

November 24, 2005

Alberta Judicial Appointment Announced

Alberta Judicial Appointment Announced

November 25, 2005

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness announces appointment of the Honourable Bob Rae to lead the Air India Flight 182 review and inquiry

Canada Supports International Efforts Toward Abolition of the Death Penalty

Backgrounder: Canada’s accession to the United Nations Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty


Bill C-53 - Proceeds of Crime - Is Adopted by Both Houses of Parliament

Legislation against Human Trafficking Passes through Parliament

Backgrounder: Trafficking in Persons: A Brief Description


Minister Cotler Introduces Legislation to Combat Gun Crime

Backgrounder: Criminal Code Amendments to Combat Gun and Gang-Related Crime in Canada

November 28, 2005

The Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners: The Merger and Related Issues - Report of the Special Advisor to the Minister of Justice (PDF version PDF Help)

Government Response to the Eighteenth Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights

Justice Minister Releases Investigative Report in Truscott Case

Executive Summary: Report to the Minister of Justice Prepared by the Honourable Fred Kaufman, C.M., Q.C.; F.R.S.C.

December 1, 2005

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