Can the Government Prohibit the Spread of Falsehoods in an Election?
Category: Democratic Governance, Fundamental Freedoms (Section 2)
Can a Provincial Referendum Trigger a Legal Duty to Enter Constitutional Negotiations? Alberta’s 2021 Equalization Referendum and the Reference re Secession of Quebec
Category: Federalism, Constitutional Issues
Provincial Constitutions: What Are They and How Do We Amend Them?
Category: Federalism, Constitutional Issues
The Constitutional Amendments in Quebec’s Bill 96: Whose Consent is Needed?
Category: Federalism, Constitutional Issues
The Genetic Non-Discrimination Act Reference: Federal Criminal Law Powers Applied to Modern Science
Category: Federalism, Constitutional Issues
From Just a Title to Minister of Everything: The Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Category: Democratic Governance, Constitutional Issues
Yes, the Federal Government Can Put a Price on Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Part 2
Category: Federalism, Constitutional Issues
R v Desautel: The Court Defined “Aboriginal peoples of Canada” – What Now?
Category: Aboriginal Rights, Constitutional Issues
R v Desautel: Who are the “Aboriginal Peoples of Canada”?
Category: Aboriginal Rights, Constitutional Issues
Yes, the Federal Government Can Put a Price on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Category: Federalism, Constitutional Issues
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 […]
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 […]