It has been nearly 20 years since the Supreme Court of Canada determined that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violates the Charter (see Egan), and almost 10 years since […]
Tom Flanagan has been skewered for musing publicly about the appropriate parameters of child pornography legislation. In response to a question from an audience member at a University of Lethbridge […]
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear the case of Divito v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), involving the international transfer of an alleged mafioso incarcerated […]
Last week, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Kenney mused ominously, as Ministers do, about stripping Canadians of their citizenship. From the Toronto Star: After revealing a terror suspect wanted for a […]
Senator Patrick Brazeau made headlines last week for all the wrong reasons. Amidst questions over whether he is cheating taxpayers by claiming false income tax exemptions and living expenses, Brazeau […]
There was an interesting discussion on twitter yesterday about the legality and/or desirability of permitting Trinity Western University to house a law school, sparked by this thoughtful Emma Rose Teitel […]
It looks like the federal government has referred their Senate reform plans to the Supreme Court of Canada: The justices on the court are being asked about the government’s plan to impose […]
This week was the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the ground-breaking decision of the US Supreme Court that invalidated a provision of the Texas’ Penal Code that made it […]
This morning, the Ontario’s Divisional Court released its judgment in the Rob Ford conflict of interest case. The Divisional Court allowed Ford’s appeal of the decision of Justice Hackland which […]
On 17 January 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada heard an important case that dealt with how Canadian courts should decide whether a person should be excluded from refugee status […]
