Louise Arbour Is the Next President of the International Crisis Group
Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour has been selected as the next President and CEO of the International Crisis Group (ICG). Founded in 1995, the ICG is one of the...
Monthly Archive: March 2009
Memories of Haida: Two BCCA Decisions on the Crown’s Duty to Consult
Haida Nation v British Columbia (Minister of Forests), 2004 SCC 73 [Haida], established the Crown’s duty to consult and accommodate First Nations peoples during the pre-proof period where an aboriginal or...
Journalistic Privilege in R v National Post: Freedom of the Press and the Wigmore criteria
On May 22, 2009, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) is scheduled to hear National Post, et al v Her Majesty the Queen, 2008 ONCA 139 [National Post], a case which...
Call in Gay: Proposition 8
On November 4, 2008, California passed Proposition 8 by a margin of 52.3%, or roughly 600,000 votes. After years of litigation, kick-started when the Mayor of San Francisco began handing...
