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Leading constitutional scholars and practitioners will bring you up-to-date on essential developments in Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") jurisprudence. Learn about recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions, upcoming cases and developing trends in Charter law, with a particular focus on the areas of criminal law, religious accommodation, and constitutional litigation practice. Do not miss our luncheon plenary on democratic rights under the Charter, and gain critical insights on recent cases and legislative reforms at the federal level.
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Ranjan Agarwal, Bennett Jones LLP
Karen Ensslen, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Year in Review: Critical Updates on Significant Charter Litigation
Ranjan Agarwal, Bennett Jones LLP
Religious Accommodation: A View from the Ground
Balpreet Singh Boparai, Legal Counsel, World Sikh Organization of Canada
Religious Diversity, Education, and the Crisis in State Neutrality
Professor Benjamin L. Berger, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Should the Law Society of Upper Canada Give Its Blessing to Trinity Western University Law School?
Robert Charney, Ministry of the Attorney General
Life Inside the Matrix or Reality is What We Say It Is
Susan Ursel, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Punishment: Recent Developments
Professor Hamish Stewart, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Crown Election Minimums
Scott Hutchison, Henein Hutchison LLP
The New World of Crime and Investigations: Constitutional Implications for Bill C-13
Michal Fairburn, Stockwoods LLP
Guarding the Right to Vote: Litigation to Protect Voting Rights
Shaun O'Brien, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP
Democracy and the Right to Vote: Rethinking Democratic Rights
Professor Yasmin Dawood, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
The Charter and the Democratic Process
Gail Sinclair, Department of Justice Canada