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Cases & Decisions

• Township of Emo et al v Borderland Pride et al [Discrimination / Pride Request]

  On July 21st, 2025, JFCY was granted leave to intervene in a judicial review before the Divisional Court in Thunder…

• CBC et al v. Canada (Attorney General) [Media Charter Challenge to Youth Privacy Regime in the YCJA]

  CBC et al v Canada (Attorney General), Superior Court of Justice, Toronto Region, Case File No. CV-24-00732679-0000 The Youth Criminal…

• Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia [children’s rights under the proposed tort of family violence]

  JFCY intervened before the Supreme Court of Canada in a case that could reshape how Canadian law acknowledges family violence.…

• IM v R & SB v R [Adult Sentencing for Youth]

  JFCY intervened in these two matters, that were heard together, considering the interpretation and application of s. 72 of the…

• ASP v Health Professions Appeal and Review Board [Healthcare Consent Requirement]

  JFCY intervened at the Divisional Court in a judicial review about the right of an Indigenous girl child to refuse…

• Law Society of Ontario v AA [Standard of Being of Good Character]

  Law Society of Ontario v AA, Court of Appeal for Ontario, Court File No. COA-25-CV-0462 The Court of Appeal is…

• Saskatchewan (Minister of Education) v UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, (Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan) [Charter and the use of Notwithstanding clause, Pronoun Law]

  JFCY was granted intervenor status in this case where UR Pride brought a constitutional challenge against a Saskatchewan law that…

• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v Ontario [media access to YCJA records]

  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v Ontario, 2023 ONSC 4348 Eight girls were arrested and charged with second-degree murder in relation to…

• Fair Change v Ontario [Safe Streets Act challenge]

  JFCY intervened in the Charter challenge of Ontario’s Safe Streets Act.  On April 2, 2024 the Ontario Superior Court of…