by Fathima Cader and Sumayya Kassamali Ten years after September 11, 2001, the term “Islamophobia,” once largely obscure, has become all but inevitable when discussing contemporary politics. As Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden became household…
Audrey Macklin and Lorne Waldman explain the concept of judicial independence to Jason Kenney: “In a speech to the University of Western Ontario’s law faculty last week, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney launched an attack on…
While cramming a treatise for my last 1L exam, I came across a quote from the Law Reform Commission of Canada. The report titled Our Criminal Law was released in 1976, but it is just…
Law students should seriously contemplate their alternatives if ever approached to act as a student prop for the Prime Minister. Not only was the reaction time disappointing, but the lack of empathy and concern expressed…
This afternoon, Julian Falconer gave a talk at the Empire Club of Canada titled “The Politics of Punishment: Depoliticizing Justice Reform.” He focused primarily on the Harper government’s “tough on crime” agenda, and made some…
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…
I’m very glad to see that the NDP is taking notice of the Harper government’s participation in the ongoing Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Agreement (ACTA) negotiations. Despite a lack of transparency and public consultation, some controversial details…
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…
One of Stephen Harper’s first acts as Prime Minister was to enact Bill C-16, An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act, which purported to establish the principle of fixed election dates in federal law….
Abdelrazik sues Ottawa for $27-million For every breach of right, there should be a remedy. When government officials taint themselves with torture, it is taxpayers who pay the remedy. But maybe not just taxpayers… Paul…
Watchdog failed to show 2008 vote illegal: Federal Court Sue Bailey writes: Harper asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament last September despite his own fixed-date election law. That law set the next federal vote…
Ottawa to launch Supreme Court appeal of Khadr ruling The federal government will go to the Supreme Court of Canada to appeal a court order to bring Omar Khadr home from a U.S. military prison,…
