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Podcast: The Rodgers Brief
Episode: Judge Shortage Lawsuit, Federal UNDRIP Action Plan Released, NS MLA Suing Gov't, Tinder Language Considered, Sipekne’katik v. Mi'kmaq Family and Children's Services
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This week in law, I examine the writ of mandamus application by an Ontario lawyer to force the Federal Government to name judges, the new Federal 'Action Plan' re: the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the NS MLA suing the government over a resolution aimed at expelling her from the Legislature, an estate case where a dying beneficiary asked her mother to give her share to her husband, a sexual assault trial where the admissibility of Tinder messages was discussed, and a dispute between Sipekne’katik First Nation and Mi'kmaq Family and Children's Services over th...