On Administrative Law and Braces: Shiner v Canada
Every so often, a legal dispute–not (yet) at the Supreme Court, but winding its way through the system–captures the attention of the Canadian public. When this happens, it is not...
Category: Constitutional Law
Gehl v Canada : ONCA Grapples with Role of Charter Values
The Supreme Court of Canada (the SCC) has long recognized the utility of aspirational values in better understanding the substantive rights guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Tempering R v Comeau : A Primer on the Interprovincial Trade Debate (Part 1)
This is the first of a two-part post outlining the constitutional issues in R v Gerard Comeau, an interprovincial trade case to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada on...
Tempering R v Comeau : A Primer on the International Trade Debate (Part 2)
This is the second of a two-part post outlining the constitutional issues in R v Gerard Comeau, an interprovincial trade case to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada on...
Google v Equustek: An Attempt to Domestically Govern a Global Resource
On June 28, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada released Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc, 2017 SCC 34 [Google] which granted a worldwide interlocutory injunction against Google Inc. (“Google”),...
SCC Interveners Order Raises Questions Ahead of Trinity Western Hearing
By this point, it is a virtual certainty that the outcome of the joint-appeal for Trinity Western University et al v Law Society of Upper Canada and Law Society of...
