Articles 2022

Issues relating to accessible justice permeate all aspects of the law, and have increasingly become the focus of administrative labour tribunals over the past decade.

It is surprising, even shocking, to learn that Canadians continue to face barriers to exercising their fundamental right to vote.

I disagree with several aspects of Mr. Copeland’s analysis of the Almrei decision. Despite Mr. Copeland’s assertion to the contrary, Mosley J.’s comments in paragraph 506 can only be understood as reference to rehabilitation.

A caveat at the outset of my comments: I represented Hassan Almrei on his third detention review, held before Justice Lemieux, and I was one of the special advocates for Mr. Almrei on the reasonableness hearing held before Justice Mosley which is the focus of the article...

As the Supreme Court recognized in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Singh, “public safety and national security [are] the most serious concerns of government.” Combating the threat of transnational terrorism presents a particular set of challenges for democratic governments.

Disinformation about the democratic process could be opening a back door to “constitutional revolution”. That was the warning sounded by Professors Lorraine E. Weinrib and Peter H. Russell at the Ontario Bar Association’s 8th Annual Charter Conference.

According to Jamie Cameron, Paul Schabas, and Delmar Doucette, coming months should provide ample fodder for scholars and practitioners in the area of free expression. All three lawyers were panellists at the OBA’s December 1st dinner program entitled “Bus Ads, Media Sources and Publication Bans”.

Crown prosecutors can rest more easily after the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Miazga v. Kvello Estate.

I look forward to similar programs being offered over the coming year. Our Charter Update will be held on September 18th and includes impressive speakers such as Justice Rothstein of the Supreme Court and important constitutional topics such as the role of the Governor General in Canada’s democracy

On June 17, 2009, lawyers involved in several recent Supreme Court search and seizure cases appeared at the Ontario Bar Association Conference Centre to deliver their thoughts on these key decisions to an assembly of interested and informed gatherers.