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News & Media
Visit the Judson Howie LLP website for news about our firm. My column in the Kenora Miner & News is available online. News from organizations I work with is available on their respective websites (see the Rainy River District Law Association, Borderland Pride, and the Federation of Ontario Law Associations).
Kenora Miner | Melillo ignores local LGBTQ2 groups targeted by right-wing hate
This column by Douglas W. Judson was published in the Kenora Miner & News on January 17, 2024. You can read it online or in PDF.
Jan 17, 2024
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Kenora Miner | To fight hate, Pride needs to return to its roots in outrage
The below column by Douglas W. Judson was published in the Kenora Miner & News on July 14, 2023. It is also available online and in PDF....
Jul 14, 2023
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Slaw | Motion on Law Society Fees Ignores Impact on Courthouse Libraries
This column by Douglas W. Judson, chair of the Federation of Ontario Law Associations, was published by Slaw.ca on October 26, 2022. You...
Oct 26, 2022
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Kenora Miner | ‘Your Job is to Fight the Staff’: How Councils Can Improve Municipal Accountability
This column by Douglas W. Judson was printed in the Kenora Miner and News on September 29, 2022. You can find it online here. “Your job...
Oct 7, 2022
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Remarks to the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission
On October 4, 2022, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario held a public hearing in Kenora about its proposed federal...
Oct 4, 2022
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Mark Canada Day with community aspiration, not colonial heritage
Another Canada Day has come and gone. This year, Canadians remain confronted with questions – and for some, discomfort – about what type...
Jul 11, 2022
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Kenora Miner | Elections Canada denied three First Nations communities a meaningful right to vote
This column by Douglas W. Judson was published in Postmedia's Kenora Miner & News on April 13, 2022. It is available on the newspaper's...
Apr 13, 2022
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Kenora Miner | New court rules panned by lawyers and access to justice advocates
This column by Douglas W. Judson was published in Postmedia's Kenora Miner & News on March 31, 2022. It is available on the newspaper's...
Mar 31, 2022
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Fort Frances Times | Council Blocks Removal of Barriers to Participation of Working-Age People
Following the events at the Council meeting of March 14, 2022 (which I wrote about here), I submitted the following letter to the editor...
Mar 17, 2022
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Fort Frances Times | The Accountability of Elected Officials is a Matter of Public Interest
The Fort Frances Times received a letter to the editor from Diane Maxey, which it printed in its January 19, 2022 edition. The editor...
Jan 19, 2022
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TVO | Why Ontario must reform municipal codes of conduct
This opinion piece by Ontario municipal councillors Douglas W. Judson, Justin Towndale, and Cameron Kroetsch was published by TVO on...
Nov 23, 2021
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Righting Rural Inequities in a Post-COVID Canada
Article | A country quiet has fallen on city streets around the world, while calls for social distancing have brought Canadians together...
Apr 20, 2020
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NNL | Private interests, public forests, and political influence: what Fort Frances learned in 2019
This column by Douglas W. Judson originally appeared on NetNewsLedger on January 12, 2020. Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled...
Jan 13, 2020
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Xtra | Doug Ford’s confusing case against sex-ed
This column by Douglas W. Judson appeared in Xtra. | A legal ménage of gays, gag orders and government gaslighting may disclose the...
Jan 14, 2019
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Canadian Lawyer | The case that comes after Trinity Western
This column by Douglas W. Judson appeared in Canadian Lawyer Magazine. | The Supreme Court of Canada is currently penning the final...
Dec 18, 2017
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