Category Archives: Human Rights
Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights – Especially Children
By: Paul Joffe Case/Decision/Legislation/Bill Commented On: First Nations, Inuit and Métis Child, Youth and Family Services Act, SC 2019, c 24 PDF Version: Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights – Especially Children This is the fourth post in a series on … Continue reading
Critical Infrastructure Defence Act Charter Challenge Survives Alberta Government’s Motion to Strike
By: Jennifer Koshan, Lisa Silver and Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Critical Infrastructure Defence Act Charter Challenge Survives Alberta Government’s Motion to Strike Case Commented On: Alberta Union of Public Employees v Her Majesty the Queen (Alberta), 2021 ABQB 371 (CanLII) Last … Continue reading
Protection Against Online Hate Speech: Time for Federal Action
By: Emily Laidlaw & Jennifer Koshan, with Emma Arnold-Fyfe, Lubaina Baloch, Jack Hoskins, and Charlotte Woo PDF Version: Protection Against Online Hate Speech: Time for Federal Action Legislation Commented On: Canadian Human Rights Act, RSC 1985, c H-6 Editor’s Note … Continue reading
Protests Matter: A Charter Critique of Alberta’s Bill 1
By: Jennifer Koshan, Lisa Silver, and Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Protests Matter: A Charter Critique of Alberta’s Bill 1 Bill Commented On: Bill 1, the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act, 2nd Sess, 30th Leg, Alberta, 2020 The last few weeks have … Continue reading
Domestic Violence and Legal Issues Related to COVID-19, Part II
By: Jennifer Koshan PDF Version: Domestic Violence and Legal Issues Related to COVID-19, Part II In my last post, I discussed domestic violence dimensions of the responses of the government and judiciary in Alberta to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing primarily … Continue reading
