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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: What Vancouver and Canada’s budgets signal about their governing parties’ positions

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government delivered its first budget Tuesday, promising “a new era of leadership and a new economic foundation.”

The 406-page document details billions in proposed cuts and investments meant to spur growth and productivity amidst trade uncertainty and a slowing economy.  

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: Cowichan decision igniting bigger conversation on reconciliation and misinformation

Our Soapbox Social panelists, Mo Amir and Kyla Lee, join us to discuss the aftermath of an information session discussing the future of reconcilliation and property ownership in our province after the landmark Cowichan decision.Share Show 

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CBA National: The sisterhood of ‘gender sellouts’

There aren’t many women criminal defence lawyers in Canada who specialize in impaired driving cases, but Kyla Lee of Acumen Law in Vancouver is one of them.

Working in a male-dominated field means she faces criticism that her male colleagues don’t seem to. 

“It’s so much easier for people to attack us for defending people facing these offences, because you can call us ‘scum’ who put killers back on the road,” Lee, the past chair of the CBA’s criminal justice section, told the Verdicts and Voices podcast recently. 

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Global News: B.C. government quietly changing legislation at centre of ICBC, MSP lawsuit

The B.C. government is quietly changing legislation that is at the centre of a class action lawsuit making its way through the courts.

The suit, filed in 2020, alleges that the province is illegally using ICBC to tax people for health-care costs by essentially double-dipping on MSP premiums.

The suit says the practice has cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars and driven up insurance costs for decades.

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Kyla Lee in The CBA National: Supreme Court of Canada clarifies Good Samaritan law

While the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA) ensures immunity from charges for simple drug possession during an overdose, the Supreme Court of Canada says that protection must also extend to arrests.

That’s the finding of a 6-3 decision, which also determined that the search conducted after the arrest in the case before the court was unlawful.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: Public safety and health care

Our Soapbox Social panel discusses Prime Minister Carney’s approach to bail reform, the BCGEU strike and the state of women’s healthcare in the province.

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Kyla Lee named Corporate Vision: Businesswoman of the Year 2025

Kyla Lee has been named Canadian Legal Businesswoman of the Year 2025 at the Global Business Awards, hosted by Corporate Vision Magazine.

The Global Business Awards is an international program that recognises companies and individuals who are contributing to progress in their industries. Now in its ninth year, the awards have become known for celebrating both large and small organisations that demonstrate leadership, innovation, and a commitment to their field.

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Verdicts & Voices: The sisterhood of “gender sellouts” in criminal law: Anita Szigeti, Hamna Anwar and Kyla Lee

This episode is a panel discussion with Anita Szigeti of Anita Szigeti Advocates, a Toronto firm that focuses on mental health and the law; Hamna Anwar, a criminal lawyer at Lindsay Law in Toronto; and Kyla Lee, who specializes in impaired driving cases at Acumen Law in Vancouver. They are all members of Women in Canadian Criminal Defence (WiCCD), an organization Szigeti founded to support and advocate for female and gender-non-conforming criminal defence lawyers.

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