Liu Guijin, China’s special envoy to Darfur, is currently in Doha meeting with representatives from Britain, France, Russia, United States and the European Union in a 5-day conference on how to deal with the situation in…
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I’ve mentioned the controversy surrounding the safe injection sites before. But I went in for a closer look recently in Vancouver, when I attended the appeal by the Crown of the decision of Pitfield J….
Former Osgoode Hall law professor and Supreme Court justice, Madame Louise Arbour, recently completed a four-year term as the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights. She will take on the position of President and…
Ahmed Farahat of UWO’s new law paper interviews Justice Ian Binnie. From the February issue of Amicus. If I can start by asking you: when did you first decide to embark on a career in law?…
George Galloway, the controversial British MP scheduled to speak in Canada this week, and parties supporting him, sought an injunction at the Federal Court today. Although I don’t agree with everything Mr. Galloway says, his…
Note: This piece was subsequently published on March 26, 2009 in the StarPhoenix. Available online here Due process is a long-standing Canadian principle. It is enshrined in our legal tradition as a safeguard against the…
In October 2008 I wrote a bit about my personal opinions and experiences with Insite, a unique, government-funded legal safe injection site that has been on the front lines of Vancouver’s drug epidemic. Insite was…
An abridged version of this piece was published today in the Toronto Star. Reproduced here for interest with permission of the author, all rights reserved. Veils and justice February 04, 2009 Faisal Kutty Here they…
Second post in a series on the First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference. The euthanasia panel started off with Bob Parke, an ethicist with Humber River Regional Hospital. The discussion over euthanasia is often a…
[The following piece was sent to us by a reader. Reproduced with permission of the author.] An Identification of the Conflicted Relationship between the Indigenous Nations and the Legal Profession in North America by Bruce…
Syrian terror suspect Hassan Almrei was released Friday by Canadian authorities after spending seven years in custody without being formally charged. Justice Richard Mosley of federal court said in a written statement that the continued detention…
