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Oct 7, 2026 22 min

Supreme Court fall preview

from Verdicts & Voices Hosted by Alison Crawford, Nadia Effendi

Friend of the pod Nadia Effendi returns to talk us through the fall agenda of Canada’s top court. Topics include online gambling, price-fixing, religious freedom, prison lockdowns, the Ontario Place redevelopment, the federal assault weapons ban, and the theft of the Winston Churchill portrait from Ottawa’s Château Laurier. Nadia is a partner at BLG in Toronto and a member of the CBA’s Federal Courts Bench and Bar Liaison Committee. She has appeared before the Supreme Court numerous times and clerked for Hon. Michel Bastarache. Links: Atlantic Lottery Corporation, et al. v. Attorney General of Ontario NHK Spring Co., Ltd., et al. v. Tony Cheung, et al. John Vabuolas, et al. v. Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, et al. Durrell Diggs, et al. v. Attorney General of Nova Scotia, et al. Canadian National Railway Company v. Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc. Ontario Place Protectors v. His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario and Attorney General of Ontario Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, et al. v. Attorney General of Canada Jeffrey Wood v. His Majesty the King Live and recorded Supreme Court hearings can be watched online. Verdicts & Voices is a legal current affairs podcast presented by the Canadian Bar Association. With her retinue of expert guests, host Alison Crawford keeps listeners up to date on news, views, and stories about the law and the justice system in Canada. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the CBA.

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