Is a ban on the niqab a Charter problem?
Quebec Premier Jean Charest made quite a splash last month when his government tabled Bill 94, legislation that would require anyone providing or receiving government services to do so with their...
Monthly Archive: April 2010
Amici Curiae: Bilingual Supremes, Khodorkovsky Spectacle, and Stevens Retirement Edition
House Passes Bill Requiring Bilingual Appointees to SCC A NDP private member’s bill requiring that any future appointee to the Supreme Court “understands French and English without the assistance of...
Cunningham v. Alberta: Aboriginal “Double Dipping”
On March 11, the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal in Cunningham v. Alberta (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2009 ABCA 239, a constitutional equality case...
Reference re Broome: A Consistent, Albeit Unsatisfying Application of Tort Law
Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released its unanimous decision in Reference re Broome v. Prince Edward Island, 2010 SCC 11. I will not recite all of the...
