Category Archives: Human Rights

Human Rights Panel Faced with Mandatory Retirement (Again)

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Linda McKay-Panos

Cases Considered: Webber v. Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Alta. H.R.P.; May 30, 2008) (Brenda F. Scragg, Panel Chair) PDF Version: Human Rights Panel Faced with Mandatory Retirement (Again) Although this case deals with a legal issue that is far from new, … Continue reading →

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Remedy Decision Released in the Lund v. Boissoin Case

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Linda McKay-Panos

Cases Considered: Darren E. Lund v. Stephen Boissoin and the Concerned Christian Coalition Inc. (May 30, 2008 Lori G. Andreachuck, Q.C. Panel Chair) PDF Version: Remedy Decision Released in the Lund v. Boissoin Case In an earlier decision released on … Continue reading →

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Leave to appeal refused by Supreme Court in Drug Testing Case

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Jennifer Koshan

Cases Considered: Director of the Alberta Human Rights and Citzenship Commission, et al. v. Kellogg Brown & Root (Canada) Company, 2007 ABCA 426 In the May 29, 2008 version of his S.C.C. L@wletter Eugene Meehan reports that the Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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Vriend Ten Years Later

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Linda McKay-Panos

By: Linda McKay-Panos PDF Version: Vriend Ten Years Later Case Commented On: Vriend v Alberta, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493 April 2, 2008 marked the 10th anniversary of the release of the SCC decision in Vriend v Alberta. This decision was … Continue reading →

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Ombudsman May Review and Make Recommendations Regarding Decisions of Chief Commissioner of the Human Rights and Citizenship Commission

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Linda McKay-Panos

Cases Considered: Alberta (Ombudsman) v. Alberta (Human Rights and Citizenship Commission), 2008 ABQB 168 PDF Version: Ombudsman May Review and Make Recommendations Regarding Decisions of Chief Commissioner of the Human Rights and Citizenship Commission This case, although somewhat technical, is … Continue reading →

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