It was only a matter of time before Canadian jurisprudence began to develop in response to privacy issues and the admissibility of documents associated with enormously popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MSN’s…
The music industry which includes songwriters, performers, publishers and music labels, believes it is increasingly being shortchanged through technological advances, namely the internet and applicable software, which facilitate the sharing, transferring, dissemination of files and…
On November 6 at 12:01am, the York University community could experience its third strike (pun intended) in just over a decade. All three Unit Members represented by CUPE 3903, which include approximately 950 contract faculty,…
We are fairly confident that many of our readers are well aware that the CIC v. Maclean’s case has been officially closed (at least at this point in time; an appeal is still a legal…
With the recent decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal in the popularly known Maclean’s Magazine case looming in the midst, and with its final pronouncement sure to rehash frenzied and vociferous chatter over…
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We’re not commenting on this at all, other than being glad they are finally speaking for themselves, leaving less room for speculation. We all hope they get their own site up soon, and you can…
Please note we are not posting new commentary here. We get literally thousands of visitors looking for information on the Maclean’s Human Rights Tribunal case coming to this site. This site is not affiliated with…
Hatred on the Internet Section 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act (“the Actâ€) makes it a discriminatory practice for a person or group of persons to communicate by means of the Internet, material that…
LawIsCool is reproducing the piece below for a legal interest sake alone. This site is not officially affiliated with the case in any way. Debate denied over Maclean’s Muslim article Naseem Mithoowani, Khurrum Awan, Muneeza…
Four students, one current and three recent graduates of Osgoode Hall, have launched human rights complaints against Maclean’s magazine for an article entitled, “The Future Belongs to Islam,” by Mark Steyn. Below is a recent…
After reading R. v. Keegstra one might assume that protecting “identifiable groups” from hate communications is an objective maintained through all levels of government and their subsidiary agencies. For we live in a country that…
