BULLETIN: SCC Rejects Appointment of Nadon J. to Its Bench
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss. 5 and 6, 2014 SCC 21, which dealt with the appointment of Justice Marc Nadon...
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Metadata and the Fourth Amendment
The American National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk metadata collection program has been the subject of considerable scrutiny ever since The Guardian revealed the program’s existence last summer as part of...
Supreme Court Upholds Sniffer Dog Searches
In a pair of recent decisions, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld sniffer dogs searches that trial court judges had ruled unconstitutional. The use of sniffer dogs engages section 8...
Stare Decisis and Assisted Suicide: Carter v. Canada at the B.C. Court of Appeal
This past Thursday, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its decision in Carter v. Canada 2013 BCCA 435, a Charter sections 7 and 15 challenge to the Criminal Code’s...
