The CPLA filed a motion for leave to intervene on January 15, 2025. On January 24, the Respondent the Attorney General of Canada advised that it would not be opposing the CPLA's motion for leave. Accordingly, we expect to file a factum and be entitled to five minutes of oral argument at the hearing, which is scheduled to take place May 13, 2025.
Dorsey is a case on appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal (2023 ONCA 843) regarding the expansion of habeas corpus as an available remedy in situations where the detaining authority has declined to afford someone an expansion of residual liberty (as opposed to the current state of affairs, in which habeas corpus can only be used to challenge a reduction in residual liberty).
The motion for intervention materials are viewable here.
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