Verdicts & Voices
By Canadian Bar Association
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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.
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Approaching the bar
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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“I thought she was nuts when she said I’d be a judge.”
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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A turning point for a tort of family violence
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May 21, 2026 |
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Nunavut’s Gladue dilemma
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May 13, 2026 |
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“A landmark decision for the independence of the bar”
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May 06, 2026 |
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When courts get vexed
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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How to judge slop
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The badge of good character
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Will the Protecting Victims Act do just that?
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Quebec’s secularism law gets its day in court
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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A lightning rod and a symbol of courage (from the archives)
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Jordan turns ten
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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From law to order
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Motion to intervene
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Who needs international law?
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Supreme Court preview with Nadia Effendi
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Season’s Readings!
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Plain language (or, Eschewing unnecessary obfuscation in juridical discourse)
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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“So fundamentally wrong”: Alexandre Forest and Stéphane Beaulac on Quebec’s constitution bill
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Expanding notwithstanding rebranding? (from the archives)
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Bye-bye to the bar exam? Jennifer Pink and Jordan Furlong
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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A chat with Margaret Satterthwaite, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Artificial intelligence, genuine bias: law professors Gideon Christian and Jake Effoduh
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Do we need a bail bill? Melanie Webb and Daniel Lerner react to Bill C-14
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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The sisterhood of “gender sellouts” in criminal law: Anita Szigeti, Hamna Anwar and Kyla Lee
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Supreme Court fall preview with Nadia Effendi
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Justice by the numbers: Hon. David Brown on delays, data, and thumping the drum
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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“One day, she just had enough”: Karin Wells on the women behind landmark cases in Canadian law
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Verdicts and Voices: David Frum on the rule of law, asylum systems, and why Canada is global democracy’s “least dirty shirt”
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Verdicts and Voices: Canada’s first Black female judge and the RDS Case, lawyers getting laughs, and the Safe Third Country Agreement.
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Verdicts and Voices: Bill C-2, Indigenous legal practices, and Dagenais v CBC
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Verdicts and Voices: A troubling trademark scam, AI hallucination cases and the 1998 Secession Reference
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May 29, 2025 |
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Verdicts and Voices: The Ontario Civil Rules Review, crossing the US-Canada border, and landmark immigration cases
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May 01, 2025 |
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Verdicts and Voices: The 2025 Federal Election
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Verdicts and Voices: The international rule of law, tax reform, and access to abortion
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Verdicts and Voices: The use of AI at the Federal Court, the tort of family violence, and R v. Drybones
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Verdicts and Voices: The notwithstanding clause, Gold Seal v. Alberta and a conversation with Chief Justice Richard Wagner
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Episode 37: Supreme court briefing
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Episode 36: Dr. Anton Korynevych on the effort to create a Special Tribunal on Crimes of Aggression Against Ukraine.
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Episode 35: Justice Minister Arif Virani on criminal law reform, expanding MAiD and the state of our courts
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Episode 34: Amanda Chaboryk and Alex Hawley on how to use AI in a legal practice
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Episode 33: Woodrow Hartzog on the dangers of regulating AI with half measures
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Episode 32: Dr. Carys Craig on generative AI and the dangers of the copyright trap
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Episode 31: Supreme court briefing
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Episode 30: Benjamin Perrin puts Canada’s criminal justice system on trial
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Episode 29: Kristen van de Biezenbos on Canada’s complicated path to decarbonization
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Episode 28: Jordan Furlong discusses what generative AI means for the profession
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Episode 27: Supreme court briefing
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 26: Defamation law in the age of (mis)information
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Episode 25: Lisa Middlemiss on Canada’s ambitious immigration target
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May 18, 2023 |
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Épisode 24: La prise de décision automatisée en droit administratif
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May 04, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Guy Pratte and the Art of Persuasion
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Episode 22: The Charter’s strange history with gender equality rights
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Episode 21: Supreme court briefing
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Episode 20: It’ll take more than hard drug decriminalization to beat the overdose crisis
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Épisode 19: Comment la loi peut contrer les risques de l’intelligence artificielle
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Episode 18: A personal story about alcohol and substance abuse in the legal profession
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Episode 17: Everything, everywhere all at once: Challenges for the legal profession ahead
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Episode 16: Competition law and inclusive growth
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Episode 15: Supreme court briefing
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode 14: Reviving Indigenous law as a source of Canadian law
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Episode 13: Transforming our courts using technology
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Episode 12: Supreme Court briefing
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Episode 11: Designing a privacy regime for the age of AI
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Episode 10: Our Property Rights, Digital Jail, and the Charter
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Episode 9: Fitness for Purpose: IP Laws
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May 12, 2022 |
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Episode 8: Technology and the Charter’s future
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Épisode 7: Gouvernance et protection de nos droits à l’ère numérique
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Episode 6: Competition law and the digital economy
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Episode 5: Law’s place in the metaverse
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Episode 4: How technology could reshape litigation
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Épisode 3: Comment se préparer pour l’ère de l’informatique quantique
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Episode 2: The perils of lawyers handling digital assets
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Episode 1: Fighting disinformation by legal means
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Sep 22, 2021 |