Cabinet of Curiosities: The SCC on Cabinet Secrecy
In Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 [IPC], the Supreme Court of Canada (“the SCC”) held that mandate letters issued by Premier Doug Ford...
Tagged: Administrative law
The Procedural Unfairness of the Law Society of Ontario’s Regulatory Bylaws
In Mirza et al v the Law Society of Ontario 2023 ONSC 6727, [“Mirza“] the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (“SCJ” or the “Court”) struck a balance between the requirements...
Ewen: The judge-represented litigant
The Federal Court of Appeal (the “FCA”) resolved an “unusual question” about the Federal Court’s jurisdiction to raise a substantive question not raised by the parties in the context of...
Teachers, Math Tests, and Racism? Ontario Teacher Candidates’ Council v Ontario
In Ontario Teacher Candidates’ Council v Ontario (Education), 2023 ONCA 788 [OTCC], the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) overturned a Divisional Court decision deeming Ontario’s Math Proficiency Test (“MPT”), aimed at...
