Sentences with phrase «against cbc»

The case involved a claim against the CBC that the plaintiff — a researcher and professor at Memorial University in Newfoundland — framed both in defamation and breach of privacy.

With respect to the statement of claim, Howard Levitt wrote in The Financial Post that «Jian Ghomeshi's $ 50 - million lawsuit against the CBC has everything to do with strategy and PR — but nothing to do with legal entitlement,» going on to argue that the damages claimed were out of all proportion to anything that Ghomeshi could hope to recover and, in any event, the «suit will almost certainly be quickly struck down by the courts without Ghomeshi recovering a penny.»

Hicks Morley's Daniel Michaluk was quoted in the January 25, 2016 Law Times article entitled «Case against CBC journalists set precedents for privacy, media law.»

Equally, it can be pretty awful to be accused of sexual assault where the defendent's interest in BDSM activites are used to shame / attack him — that, after all, is the jist of Ghomeshi's complaint against the CBC (granted, he outed himself, but frankly, he had not choice, since otherwise people would have assumed that the allegations against him were even worse).

In the most recent case, a lawyer who appeared on the show had his claim against the CBC dismissed on a motion for summary judgment.

-- the lawyers who filed Ghomeshi's (now withdrawn) civil claim against the CBC were a partner specializing in «commercial litigation and insolvency» and a senior associate «with experience in real estate, employment, defamation and fashion.»

-- Courts often seal material, both temporarily and permanantly — Persons can apply for pardons, reversing previous convictions — the Supreme Court recently reversed a contempt conviction against the CBC, for not removing archival copies of information about a case for which a publication ban was ordered.

Unlike previous lawsuits, it appears that Subway is challenging the CBC study and has filed a $ 210 million defamation - style lawsuit against the CBC in Canada.

From attacks in Ottawa to sex allegations against CBC's top cultural broadcaster, it's been a shocking few weeks in Canada.

Not exact matches

Later chapters offer a detailed peek into how the Canadian media sausage is made, detailing the challenges of offsetting public funding with ad sales, the overwhelming importance of NHL hockey to the CBC's operating budget, Ceeb - style office politics and the uphill battle against the private channels of Corus, Rogers and Bell.

At 30, she's the youngest judge on CBC's Dragons» Den, but she more than holds her own — especially against Boston Pizza founder and sometime frenemy Jim Treliving.

It's yet another example of companies excusing or overlooking bad behaviour when it's done by star performers — a too - pervasive phenomenon that we Canadians will remember from the CBC's inaction on complaints against disgraced radio host Jian Ghomeshi.

But this year, in an even fiercer act of rebellion, Cards Against Humanity removed the game from its online shop entirely, offering, instead, a $ 6 box of bullsh*t — «literal feces, from an actual bull,» the company's website read on Nov. 28, according to the CBC.

From allegations of sexual harassment against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to the court case against former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi stemming from complaints of abusive behaviour both inside and outside the workplace, recent high - profile cases of harassment and violence have made it clear that many organizations struggle to uphold appropriate standards of conduct within their ranks.

Rights of Nova Scotians with disabilities «verging» on violation: report, Chronicle Herald New information raises questions about allegations against Patrick Brown, CBC News

Finally, revenues of consolidated Crown corporations (VIA Rail, CBC, etc), which were netted against their total expenses as payments to Crown corporations, are now also part of «Other revenues».

As for the carbon tax, pollster Janet Brown did an extensive poll in Alberta for CBC (there have been many articles on it in the last week on CBC) and one of the interesting findings was that 66 % of Albertan's are still against the carbon tax and want it eliminated.

According to the CBC, Mr. Aftergood was sentenced to 14 days in jail in May 2007 but never served out the sentence, because upon appeal, he was granted a new trial and the charge against him was stayed in January 2010.

The CBC is reporting that Flaherty's investigation uncovered multiple harassment complaints against Weir, though it did not say whether the complaints were found to have had merit.

Episode 19 - $ 67 billion — Ben Max of GG, Carol Kellermann of CBC, & Jay Kriegel of Related Companies and Americans Against Double Taxation discuss State and Local Taxes or SALT, for short.

Ep 13 - 95 — Ben Max of GG, Carol Kellerman of CBC & City Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland discuss why the soon - to - be former Council member decided against running for reelection, despite being the leading contender to become the next City Council Speaker.

The CBC panel was designed to measure individual lab values against statistically «normal» ranges of a particular item.

The 7 - series» DSC includes a huge amount of sub-functions, including ABS (anti-lock brakes), ASC (stability control, including a separate mode for stabilizing a trailer), CBC (cornering brake control), DBC (Dynamic Brake Control, which recognizes panic situations and helps the driver to effect a full - braking panic stop with less pedal pressure), Brake Fade Compensation, Brake Drying (which applies the brakes slightly in wet conditions to keep the pads dry and thus ready for use), Brake Standby (which applies slight brake pressure in the event of a sudden lift from the gas, moving the brake pads up against the rotor for quicker response in a panic stop), Startoff Assistant (which prevents the 750i from rolling backwards down a hill as you start out), ACC Active Cruise Control (see below), and automatic brake hold (which holds the car at a stop even with the transmission in gear).

2007/04/20: CBC: Suzuki delivering environmental petition to Baird Calling it a crime against future generations to ignore warnings about global warming, environmentalist David Suzuki was to present a petition to Environment Minister John Baird on Friday.

Ontario educational system failing students with intellectual disabilities: report, Toronto Star Security records show at least 11 death threats made against Premier Rachel Notley, CBC News

Related news stories: Canada's high court to hear B.C. appeal in battle against big tobacco, CBC News

Consider for a moment that editorials from the National Post, Globe and Mail and the CBC have come out strongly against the government's values test for a government program.

Rights of Nova Scotians with disabilities «verging» on violation: report, Chronicle Herald New information raises questions about allegations against Patrick Brown, CBC News

But in 2010, King sued Chapman for breach of contract for disclosing the nature of the sexual harrasment allegations against him to the CBC and for lodging a complaint with the CJC.

Almost a year ago, Jian Ghomeshi, the former host of the internationally - syndicated CBC Radio program Q, was dismissed from his employment amidst allegations of sexual assault against past female partners.

The other problem, as some commentators have noted, is that the «protecting legitimate interests» might only be meaningful if the allegations against Mr. Ghomeshi were public — they weren't when the CBC dismissed him (and there is no suggestion that their publication was imminent).

In the absence of criminal allegations (in respect of which Mr. Ghomeshi would be presumed innocent until proven otherwise), the question is whether it is appropriate for a private 3rd party (albeit, in this case, a state actor) to take action against Mr. Ghomeshi, particularly if that private party has come to its own conclusion that the activities were not criminal (which, while not determinative of the matter, should at least be binding as between the CBC and Mr. Ghomeshi).

In January, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada CEO Andrew Murie told CBC's Ontario Today radio program that he enthusiastically supports the BC approach.

Support has also come from non-Indigenous allies who have participated in vigils and awareness campaigns, as well as mainstream media, which has begun documenting and providing public education about violence against Indigenous women and girls, such as CBC.

Almost a year ago, Jian Ghomeshi, the former host of the internationally - syndicated CBC Radio program Q, was dismissed from his employment amidst allegations of sexual assault against past female -LSB-...]

As Henein herself said in her CBC interview with Peter Mansbridge, people who say her dogged cross-examination showed her to be «against women is a fundamental misconception of what we do in the justice system.

Sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, also told CBC News Elections Canada will get new money to safeguard against foreign interference in the 2019 federal election.

May 09, 2016 Real estate brokers prepare to release secretive sales data after tribunal rules against TREB CBC News