On Friday, February 13, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously struck down portions of the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act as contrary to section 8 of the Charter as it applies to lawyers. Five of seven justices found, further, that the regime violates section 7 of the Charter and they identified a new principle of fundamental justice: “a lawyer’s duty of commitment to a client’s cause”.
Below is the link to my interview with CTV’s Power Play. My segment starts just before the 8 minute mark. Stick around afterward for a separate interview by my U Ottawa colleague Craig Forcese who has been doing yeoman’s work critiquing the government’s new anti-terror law.