Category Archives: Constitutional

The Supreme Court’s Other Opportunity to Revisit Adverse Effects Discrimination under the Charter: Taypotat v Taypotat

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Jennifer Koshan

By: Jennifer Koshan and Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: The Supreme Court’s Other Opportunity to Revisit Adverse Effects Discrimination under the Charter: Taypotat v Taypotat Case Commented On: Taypotat v Taypotat, 2012 FC 1036; rev’d 2013 FCA 192; leave to … Continue reading →

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Imposing Limits on the Public’s Right to Access Transit Services: Is the Alberta Court of Appeal’s Train of Thought in the Case of R v. S.A. on the Right Track?

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Sarah Hamill

By: Ola Malik and Sarah E. Hamill PDF Version: Imposing Limits on the Public’s Right to Access Transit Services: Is the Alberta Court of Appeal’s Train of Thought in the Case of R. v. S.A. on the Right Track? Case … Continue reading →

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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and the Failed Challenge to the Repeal of the Long Gun Registry

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Jennifer Koshan

By Jennifer Koshan PDF Version: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and the Failed Challenge to the Repeal of the Long Gun Registry Case Commented On: Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic v Canada, 2014 ONSC 5140 (CanLII) … Continue reading →

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Whose (Pipe)line is it Anyway?

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Martin Olszynski

By: Martin Olszynski  PDF Version: Whose (Pipe)line is it Anyway? Document Commented On: Quebec’s Letter to TransCanada Corp. Imposing 7 Conditions on Energy East On November 18th, on the heels of a unanimous vote of non-confidence in the National Energy … Continue reading →

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Assisted Suicide and Adverse Effects Discrimination: Where Will the Supreme Court Go in Carter?

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Jennifer Koshan

By: Jennifer Koshan and Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Assisted Suicide and Adverse Effects Discrimination: Where Will the Supreme Court Go in Carter? Case Commented On: Carter v Canada (Attorney General), 2012 BCSC 886, rev’d 2013 BCCA 435, leave to … Continue reading →

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