Crown Attorneys

• Manitoba Crown attorneys say as workload mounts, province standing pat

  Crown attorneys in Manitoba say they are overworked and the provincial government is not taking action to address the problem.

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  Jan 10
  
• Overworked Manitoba Crown attorneys file grievance with province

  The association representing the profession has filed a grievance with the province, as its members say they're dangerously overstrained.

  Crime

  Apr 26, 2023
  
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• Quebec legal aid lawyers set for 4-day strike over equal pay with Crown attorneys

  Quebec is offering legal aid lawyers a two per cent salary increase per year over three years, but it gave Crown prosecutors a 2.5 per cent increase per year.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2022
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• Quebec legal aid lawyers set to resume strike over equal pay with Crown attorneys

  The strike comes two weeks after some 200 legal aid lawyers walked off the job for a half-day demanding Quebec continues to recognize pay parity.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2022
• Nova Scotia will repeal law that led to strike by Crown attorneys

  The move follows the signing of a new contract that will see prosecutors get a seven per cent pay increase over four years, retroactive to April 1, 2019.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2020
• Tentative agreement reached between N.S. Crown attorneys, province: NSCAA

  In a news release Thursday, the NSCAA said Crown prosecutors will be reviewing details of the proposed agreement over the next few weeks and a decision to accept will be made by mid-January.

  Politics

  Dec 12, 2019
• N.S. Crown attorneys give strike notice in protest of government changes

  Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has said the move is necessary because the province can’t afford what the Crown attorneys are asking for.

  Politics

  Oct 22, 2019
• N.S. premier defends bill withdrawing Crown prosecutors’ arbitration rights

  Rick Woodburn, who is also president of the Canadian Association of Crown Counsel, said Tuesday the system is already stretched to meet the time requirements established by the Supreme Court of Canada in the Jordan decision.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2019
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• Man who had sexual assault conviction overturned in Mandi Gray case will not face new trial

  Mandi Gray says she looks forward to putting this difficult chapter of her life behind her.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2017