Breaking News > In reasons given for a November 2019 ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has brought clarity to retroactive child support, finding in a British Columbia case that there is no jurisdictional bar under the province’s Family Law Act stopping a parent from applying for back support — even if the child has become an adult or the support order has expired. A B.C. dad who had underreported his income must now pay the difference, losing his argument that B.C. law should be read the same as the federal Divorce Act, which states parents don’t have to pay if the child is a grown-up: Michel v. Graydon, 2020 SCC 24. MORE TO COME.

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Ottawa now accepting no-fee expedited pardon applications for simple cannabis possession

Thursday, August 01, 2019 @ 3:06 PM | By Cristin Schmitz

Tens of thousands of people with convictions for simple cannabis possession became eligible Aug. 1 to apply for no-fee expedited pardons from the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) (so long as...

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