After two days of hearings in Regina on February 13th and 14th, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has reserved judgement on the question of the constitutionality of a federally-imposed carbon tax on the province of…
The Federal Court ruled in favour of internet service provider TekSavvy in a judgment released yesterday, overturning a decision to grant a Norwich order that would see the names and addresses of copyright infringers handed…
After the tragic passing of Justice Leigh Gower late last year, the Yukon Supreme Court has officially filled the vacancy. In the cold afternoon of February 18th, while us in Ontario (and elsewhere) were spending…
Time after time, courts have demanded religious neutrality from the state, whether in the context of schools, government programs, or religious displays. Research shows that the American legal system privileges conservative Christianity, and that Muslims…
La question de la redéfinition de la torture dans la loi canadienne a été soulevée en Nouvelle-Écosse. Il en est ainsi parce qu’en janvier 2019, une adolescente néo-écossaise a été victime d’un crime extrêmement violent…
Just last week, a Manitoba teacher was called out for exercising his political voice on the job. A Conservative MP visited the teacher’s school for an “I Love to Read” event where she read books…
On February 14, 2019 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that students have a reasonable expectation of privacy over their bodies in schools in the R. v. Jarvis decision. Jarvis was a high school…
The impact of race on the criminal justice system—the death penalty, in particular—will be considered by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal, as the Justices hear Keith Tharpe’s appeal of a 1990 murder conviction. Death…
Picture this: A family moves from the Netherlands to Canada with their seven month old son. The son grows up, goes to Canadian schools, makes Canadian friends and speaks English. At 16, the son is…
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia has released a report detailing B.C.’s political parties’ disclosure of voter information to Facebook. The Privacy Commissioner’s investigators found that political parties turn over…
