31st Annual McDonald Lecture in Constitutional Studies with Professor Jacob T. Levy
Category: Videos, Speakers and Panels
Section 25 of the Charter: Indigenous Laws in Canadian Courts
Category: Videos, Downtown Charter Series
Le concept juridique de l’urgence sanitaire: une protection contre les virus biologiques et…politiques
Category: Pandemic
Volume 29.3 (2020)
Publication: Constitutional Forum
Category:
Forum
In this issue: The Toronto Municipal Election: Judicial Failure to Protect the Structure of the Canadian Constitution; Do Consumers Really Benefit from the Federal Paramountcy Doctrine? A Critique of Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions v Telus Communications Inc.; Constitutionalism and the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act Reference
Using the Charter to Repair the Damage of Unconstitutional Government Action
Category: The Charter, Constitutional Issues
How does the Charter of Rights and Freedoms empower courts to repair the damage of unconstitutional government action? In a recent decision, Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique v British […]
Pandemic Travel Restrictions – Do They Violate Your Mobility Rights?
Category: Videos, Downtown Charter Series
Carbon Pricing and the Constitution
Category: Videos, Speakers and Panels
Pouvez-vous dire violation de la Charte? Minority Language Education Rights in Canada
Category: The Charter, Minority Language Education Rights (Section 23)
How does the Charter of Rights and Freedoms regulate provincial governments’ funding decisions with respect to minority language schools? In a recent decision, Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique v. […]
A Return to Balance or Empowering the Powerful? Alberta’s Bill 32
Category: The Charter, Fundamental Freedoms (Section 2), Constitutional Issues
Creating a balance of workplace power between employers and employees is difficult. The Government of Alberta is currently addressing what it perceives to be a balance too favourable for employees […]
Charter Rights on Campus? It Depends Where You Live
Category: The Charter, Fundamental Freedoms (Section 2)
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects several foundational rights, but only from violations by the Canadian government, not by private individuals or bodies.[1] As a result, it is […]
British Columbia’s Guardian Angels… Straight from Hell? BC’s Civil Forfeiture Act Case
Category: Federalism, Constitutional Issues
Recently, the Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled that certain provisions of BC’s Civil Forfeiture Act,[1] which allows the BC government to seize property allegedly “tainted” by crime, were an […]
A Fair Deal for Alberta: Are Changes to the Equalization Program Coming?
Category: Federalism, Constitutional Issues
On 17 June 2020, the Government of Alberta released the Fair Deal Panel’s report.[1] The Fair Deal Panel, created by Premier Jason Kenney, interviewed and curated responses from Albertans on […]
Majority, Concurring, and Dissenting Decisions
Category: Democratic Governance
Courts of appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada have multiple judges deciding together on the same case. Sometimes there can be more than one decision included in the case. […]
They’ve Got No Strings: Separation of Powers, Judicial Independence, and the Rule of Law in the Meng Wanzhou Case
Category: Democratic Governance, Constitutional Issues
The official stance of the Chinese Embassy in Canada is that the “Meng Wanzhou case is by no means an ordinary judicial case, but a serious political incident.”[1] In 2018, […]