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 on provincial law and policy. This follow-up post reviews additional provincial laws and policies (including […]
By: Jennifer Koshan and Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Time for Buy Back: Supreme Court Set to Hear Important Adverse Effects Discrimination Case Case Commented On: Fraser v Canada (Attorney General), 2018 FCA 223 (CanLII), leave to appeal granted, 2019 CanLII 42345 (SCC) In December, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal in an […]
By: Sahani Samarappuli PDF Version: At What Stage does the Duty of Self-Accommodation Arise in a Discrimination Analysis? Case Commented On: United Nurses of Alberta v Alberta Health Services, 2019 ABQB 255 (CanLII) As noted in previous posts (see here), the definition of discrimination on the basis of family status has been extended recently to include […]
By: Jennifer Koshan PDF Version: Alberta’s Family Violence Death Review Committee: Recent Reports, Recommendations and Reflections Reports Commented On: Family Violence Death Review Committee, Annual Reports and Case Reviews, available here. Alberta’s Protection Against Family Violence Act, RSA 2000, c P-27 (PAFVA) was passed in 1999 and has as its primary focus the provision of […]
By: Drew Yewchuk PDF Version: A Religious Belief in Inequality: No Injunction Against Bill 24 Case Commented On: PT v Alberta, 2018 ABQB 496 PT v Alberta, is the decision of Justice Johnna Kubik on the interlocutory application by several parents and various private schools for an injunction against two provisions in Bill-24: An Act […]
