Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released its unanimous decision in Reference re Broome v. Prince Edward Island, 2010 SCC 11. I will not recite all of the facts in this case, as my colleague Daniel Del Gobbo articulated them fully in his analysis of the Court of Appeal’s decision. In short, the [...]

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear relatively few appeals this November, although one of the most closely watched is certain to be Hardy Broome et. al. v. Government of PEI and PEI Protestant Children’s Trust, 2009 PECA 01. The case considers the controversial possibility that governments may owe a duty of care to orphans [...]