To date, Parliament has never used the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights. However, several provinces have, ...

Un nouveau projet de loi du Sénat rendrait « plus difficile, mais pas impossible » pour le Parlement d’utiliser la disposition de dérogation pour passer outre aux droits fondamentaux garantis en vertu ...

Bill C-5 was fast-tracked through Parliament. Now that it’s passed, legal observers expect a barrage of litigation ...

How 2SLGBTQ+ leaders in the legal profession harnessed their backgrounds, personalities, and opportunities to move the needle ...

When the Governor-General dissolved Parliament on Sunday, several bills died on the Order Paper, many of which were never debated in the fractious parliamentary environment marked by procedural ...

The President of the Canadian Bar Association, John Stefaniuk, K.C., marked International Women’s Day by sending a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to inform him of a recent resolution adopted ...

For those keeping tabs on the bleeding edge between information technology and the law, there were two takeaways from the recent tribunal ruling on Air Canada's rogue chatbot. First, when the rules ...

After decades of relative quiet, talk of conscription and national service is suddenly making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. This is not surprising, given the world looks more dangerous than ...

Law Matters Law Rule of law Indigenous laws are a critical part of Canada's legal landscape The time has come to recognize Canada’s multi-juridical past, present, and future. BY Brooks Arcand-Paul 21 ...

BarNotes The practice Legal education A path through difficult conversations about Indigenous identity We need to approach identity and Indigeneity in an inclusive and empathetic way. We also must ...

The Canadian media space has a competition problem, as two significant developments have demonstrated over the past few weeks. The first involved the aborted talks between Postmedia and Nordstar ...