No Clarification on Extradition: MM v United States of America
In MM v United States of America, 2015 SCC 62 [MM], both the public and the Bench were sharply divided on whether to extradite a mother, MM. The U.S. sought extradition...
Category: Citizenship and Immigration
The Expansion of “Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds”: Kanthasamy v Canada
The recent Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decision in Jeyakannan Kanthasamy v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 SCC 61 [Kanthasamy] is an exciting and welcome development in immigration...
Canada v Esfand: The Politics of Refugee Law
With the intensification of the Syrian crisis, refugees have been much in the news lately. Refugees also became a quasi-central issue during the earlier part of the 2015 Canadian federal...
Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal in McAteer v Canada (AG): Oath to the Queen Continues
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) recently denied leave to appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) decision in McAteer v Canada (Attorney General), 2014 ONCA 578. The case...
