In Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 53, Ms. Mowat filed a sexual harrassment complaint against her former employer, the Canadian Forces. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found that her complaint was partially substantiated and awarded her $4,000 for “suffering in respect of feelings or self respect.” When Ms. Mowat further applied for [...]

On Wednesday, TheCourt.ca published a student post on the Supreme Court’s decision to grant leave to appeal to R. v. Caron. Today we publish a second piece on Caron, which was intended to be published earlier but a glitch in our process caused a delay. It is important to note that the following comment was [...]

On August 27th, the SCC granted the Alberta government leave to appeal in R. v. Caron, 2009 ABCA 34. Chief Justice McLachlin, Justice Abella and Justice Rothstein granted the leave application without costs and without reasons. Nevertheless, it seems absurd that making an unsafe left turn has turned into a four year long engagement with [...]