Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador dismisses Constitutional Challenge to Travel Restriction

by Ainslie Pierrynowski Does a provincial government have the authority to restrict interprovincial travel? Can limitations on mobility rights be justified in the name of public health? These timely issues … Read More

Supreme Court Upholds Federal Powers to Combat Genetic Discrimination

Unresolved Fault Lines Appear on the Normative Scope of Criminal Law Powers By Nicholas Buhite On July 10th, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment in Reference … Read More

Supreme Court of Canada Affirms Asper Centre’s Position on Charter Damages

The Supreme Court of Canada heard this appeal in Treaty One Territory (Winnipeg, Manitoba). This was the Court’s first time sitting outside of Ottawa. by Amy Chen On June 12, … Read More

What Does Vavilov Mean for Constitutional Issues in Administrative Law?

by Cheryl Milne It seems like a lifetime ago that I last attended an in-person legal conference. It was only March 9th, and while the specter of COVID-19 was present … Read More

Carbon Tax Constitutional Challenge: ABCA Sides with Province

by Adam LaRiviere On February 24th, 2020, the Alberta Court of Appeal (‘ABCA’) released its decision regarding the constitutional challenge of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, SC 2018, c … Read More