Emergency Powers and the Emergencies Act
Category: Federalism, Pandemic
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Travel Restrictions in a Pandemic: What are your Charter Rights?
Category: Mobility Rights (Section 6), Pandemic
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A Law to Stop Politicians From Lying
Category: The Charter, Fundamental Freedoms (Section 2)
With an upcoming federal election, Canadians are preparing to decide who deserves their vote. A 2019 poll conducted for The Globe and Mail found that the biggest issue for voters is ethics in government.[1] This concern is not uniquely Canadian either. In the UK, a man sued recently selected Prime Minister Boris Johnson for “misconduct in public office.”[2] The claim against Johnson was that he deliberately misled the public during the EU referendum, and again during the general election, with the claim that “the UK gave the EU £350m a week.”[3] Just how false was this claim? The chairman of the UK Statistics Authority was so appalled that he wrote a letter to Mr. Johnson decrying the “clear misuse of official statistics”.”[4] Nevertheless, a judge refused to let the lawsuit proceed.[5]
The Feds and a Conversion Therapy Ban: Mixed Messages and Constitutional Challenges
Category: The Charter, Fundamental Freedoms (Section 2), Legal Rights (Sections 7-14), Federalism
In 2019, the federal government has been inconsistent about a potential ban on conversion therapy even though the practice is harmful and professionally disregarded. This article will pose and attempt to answer a series of questions:
Jewish Holidays, Federal Elections, and Court Decisions! Oh My!
Category: The Charter, Fundamental Freedoms (Section 2), Democratic Rights (Sections 3-5)
Chani Aryeh-Bain, Conservative Party candidate in the upcoming federal election in the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, and Ira Walfish, political activist, both adhere to an Orthodox Jewish faith and strictly follow religious holidays.[1] The date of the upcoming federal election, October 21, happens to coincide with the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret. Aryeh-Bain and Walfish requested of Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) that the date of the election change. They believed the date infringes their religious, democratic, and equality rights under the Charter.[2] The challenge resulted in an initial denial by the CEO, a Court decision which required re-determination, and the CEO’s ultimate decision to keep the election date on October 21 – or Shemini Atzeret – despite the Charter implications for Aryeh-Bain and Walfish.
The Military Exception: SCC affirms no right to a trial by jury for military members
Category: The Charter, Legal Rights (Sections 7-14)
Introduction
A penny for your thoughts, if we like them: Freedom of Expression on Campus Part 1
Category: The Charter, Fundamental Freedoms (Section 2)
The Progressive Conservative Government of Ontario has altered their provincial funding scheme for post-secondary institutions: 60% of funding is now tied to measurements that include the employment and pay rates of graduates.[1] It appears the United Conservative Government of Alberta (“UCP”) wants to implement a similar system to ensure that taxpayers are getting the optimal return on their investment. The UCP has promised to measure the tie between provincial subsidies and the “labour market outcomes” of post-secondary education programs.[2]
We like our speech deep dish: Freedom of Expression on Post-Secondary Campuses Part 2
Category: The Charter, Fundamental Freedoms (Section 2)
Last summer the Progressive Conservative government of Ontario ordered all provincially funded post-secondary institutions to implement free speech policies similar to the Chicago Principles.[1] Failure to do so could have ended in the withholding of funding.[2] The United Conservative government of Alberta is implementing a similar policy, but have not said whether financial penalization would be involved.[3] The Alberta deadline for post-secondary institutions is December 15, 2019.[4]
Comparing Federal Government and Indigenous Perspectives on Self-Government Agreements
Category: Aboriginal Rights
Introduction: Agreements for Self-Government
Solitary, Segregation or a Structured Intervention Unit – An Unconstitutional Way to Do Time?
Category: The Charter
Introduction
A National Pharmacare Plan Requires Cooperative Federalism
Category: Federalism
Introduction: Proposed Pharmacare
Wrangling with the Law: Can Federalism Save Rodeo Animals?
Category: Federalism
Introduction
The ‘Carbon Tax’. Wait, can the feds do that?
Category: Federalism
The highest provincial courts of Saskatchewan and Ontario both found the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (“the Act”), better known as the ‘carbon tax’, constitutional. But not everyone agrees.[1]
Back to the basics – Pipeline dispute sees use of traditional constitutional doctrines
Category: Federalism
Introduction
Delay in Alberta Public Sector Arbitration: Responsible Measure or Illegal Attack?
Category: The Charter, Fundamental Freedoms (Section 2)
Introduction: Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act