Gomboc, Continued – Who Has the Power Over Your Personal Information?
In R. v. Gomboc, 2010 SCC 55, the Supreme Court of Canada was once again asked to consider the application of the right to be free from unreasonable search and...
Author: Umair Abdul
R v Gomboc: A Powerful Debate on DRA Evidence and Section 8
Last September, I offered my thoughts on the Alberta Court of Appeal’s (“ABCA”) decision in R v Gomboc, 2009 ABCA 276, a case that dealt with the right to be...
Marriage Commissioners Reference: Much Ado About Same-Sex “I Dos”
January 14, 2011 marked the ten-year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages registered in Canada. In 2001, two couples were the first to marry at the Metropolitan Community Church of...
R v Mabior: HIV-Positive Accused, Non-Disclosure, and the Glaring Negatives of R v Cuerrier
As someone who came of age in the late 1990s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the past decade was always omnipresent. No sexual education class was complete without a candid discussion...
