R v Bird: Do Not “Breach First, Challenge Later”

by Sahil Kesar Spencer Bird (“Bird”), a long-term offender, was charged with breaching the conditions of a community supervision order prescribed by the Parole Board. At the criminal proceeding, he … Read More

Democrats v USSC: The Constitutionality of Court-packing

By: Jasmit De Saffel The Asper Centre’s first Constitutional Roundtable of the year transported the room two years ahead into a hypothetical future where the Democrats have won the U.S. … Read More

Frank v Canada: Contrasting the Section 1 Analyses

By: Sahil Kesar and Jasmit De Saffel On January 11, 2019 the Supreme Court issued its decision on the constitutional challenge to provisions of the Canada Elections Act detailing residence … Read More

Reflecting on the Sex-Ed Charter Challenge

By: Leslie Anne St. Amour Now that the Constitutional challenge to the Ford government’s repeal of the 2015 sex-ed curriculum has been heard by the court, I am reflecting on … Read More

Supreme Court Moves Voting Rights into Globalization Era in Frank Decision

by Jasmit de Saffel In its first decision of the year, the Supreme Court of Canada sided with Canadian ex-pats in a case about their voting rights. Chief Justice Wagner … Read More