On Tuesday, November 27th, the Government of Saskatchewan introduced new legislation that would amend The Trespass to Property Act, The Snowmobile Act, and The Wildlife Act, 1998. Essentially, the new laws would require members of…
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La ministre des Services aux Autochtones Jane Philpott à annoncer la semaine dernière que le gouvernement fédéral tente un projet de loi pour élaborer conjointement les services à l’enfance et famille autochtones avec les…
Il y a déjà presque 6 ans, la Cour Suprême du Canada se prononçait sur l’affaire Québec (Procureur général) c. A [1], affaire qui fut très médiatisée sous le nom de l’affaire Éric c. Lola. Cette…
The Government of Yukon has announced that it will be hosting “community dialogues” for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, two-spirit plus” (“LGBTQ2S+”) to allow members of that umbrella group to “share their insights and help…
This past week saw the release of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench’s judgment in the case of R v Holmes[1]. Holmes is an aboriginal woman who murdered her allegedly abusive husband[2]. Holmes was charged…
This morning during the PC convention 2018, the Ontario Conservatives passed a policy resolution to debate the promotion and teaching of gender identity in the province’s school curriculum. The resolution, put forward by a former…
Auparavant, les Canadiens emblématiques qui ornaient les billets de banque canadiens se limitaient aux hommes tels les Premiers ministres: Sir Robert Borden, W.L Mackenzie King, Sir John A. MacDonald et Sir Wilfrid Laurier. C’est alors…
A report of preliminary observations by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on a week-long visit to Brazil expresses concern about the state of human rights and human rights enforcement in South America’s largest…
Saskatchewan’s social services minister, Paul Merriman, recently stated that the provincial government aims to apologize to survivors of the Sixties Scoop by the end of this year. The Saskatchewan government has promised an apology for…
On October 30, 2018, the Constitutional Court of South Africa confirmed a lower court decision from the High Court of South Africa in what many consider a legal victory for African women property owners. The…
