Are there inalienable rights in Canada?
Pulat Yunusov We in Canada like to think of ourselves as free. We also like to think we have rights. The police can’t throw us in jail for our political views. And if they do…
Constitutional Law
“Bleeding hearts in law school”
On Friday, Kory Teneycke, a former top adviser to PM Stephen Harper, was interviewed on CTV’s Power Play about the Khadr decision: Here’s a transcript of the best parts: All of the same sob story…
Responses to Prime Minister of Canada v. Omar Khadr
The anticipated ruling by the SCC in Prime Minister of Canada v. Omar Khadr was released today, and already there is criticism of the decision that ruled that although Khadr’s s. 7 rights were violated,…
The Life and Times of Ivan C. Rand
From Volume III, Issue II of Amicus Curiae, Western Law’s Student Paper Canada was a different place before Trudeaumania swept the nation, and the man we know as Ivan Rand, founding Dean of this law…
Insite Victory
The InSite facility in Vancouver won its most recent hearing at the B.C. S.C. See more at Junkie Life
Panel Proclaims Prorogation Problem Political
An expert panel on prorogation was convened on Thursday at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law. The panel featured law professor David Schneiderman, director of Fair Vote Canada Larry Gordon, Globe & Mail correspondent…
Ignatieff on Discrimination, Social Media
Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Opposition, spoke to students at the University of Toronto – Mississauga today. He addressed recent comments about airport security and the use of profiling, as well as discrimination generally in…
Female Ski Jumpers Refused Leave to Appeal
In what must feel like a complete let down only two months before the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, the Supreme Court of Canada has refused a leave of appeal by a group of female ski…
Union Rights for Agricultural Workers in Ontario
Justicia for Migrant Workers and the Industrial Accidents Victims Group of Ontario Receive Intervener Status at Supreme Court of Canada: For the first time in Canadian legal history, arguments relating to the plight of Canada’s…
SCC to hear Pickton’s Appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided that it will hear an expanded list of “errors in law” that helped to convict serial killer Robert Pickton’s appeal. Full story
Canadian Charter vs. Olympic Charter
Vancouver Sun » “The IOC is accountable to no one — as female ski jumpers now know“: When the B.C. Court of Appeal tossed out the complaint from the female ski jumpers last week, it…
Street Racing Laws Ruled Unconstitutional… Again!
For the second time, Ontario’s new anti-street racing laws have been deemed unconstitutional. Â This time Justice Peter Wright, has thrown out charges by indicating the unconstitutionality of the new law. Justice Peter West, a provincial…