Commentary
External audit of immigration detention review shows pattern of serious Charter violations
By Cheryl Milne On July 20, 2018, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada released an external audit performed by independent auditor, Katherine Laird, on Canada’s immigration detention review system. … Read More
Tax rule capping charities’ political activity infringes on free expression: ONSC
By Sara Tatelman Courts often breeze by the first step of the Oakes analysis, I remember my first year constitutional law professor telling the class. That is, when determining whether … Read More
Asper Centre Students in Focus: Jason Lamb
Meet Jason Lamb, a rising second-year J.D. candidate and one of the Asper Centre’s student research assistants this summer. Lamb’s main project is to help publish a special edition of … Read More
Beyond freedoms: the administrative underbelly of the Trinity Western decision
By Sara Tatelman The Supreme Court of Canada may have divided 7-2 on whether law societies must accredit Trinity Western University’s proposed law school, but the split was much narrower … Read More
Meeting Susan Ursel, the Asper Centre’s next Constitutional Litigator-in-Residence
By Sara Tatelman When you walk into the waiting room at labour law firm Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP, you’re greeted by large black-and-white photographs of Canadians at work and, … Read More