Tone at the Top: Welcoming Chief Justice Wagner
You would be forgiven, said Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella at Chief Justice Richard Wagner’s swearing-in ceremony, for forgetting that it is possible for men to become the Chief Justice of...
Category: In the Media
Risky Business: R v George & Reckoning with Age of Consent Laws
In 2011 in Saskatchewan, the complainant C.D. was 14 years old, although according to the evidentiary record he looked older (R v George, 2017 SCC 38 at para 10 [“SCC”])....
Against Unfounding: Sexual Assault Investigation & A Proposed Class Action Against Police
This post discusses the constitutional challenge recently brought by sexual assault complainant Ava Williams against the London, ON Police Services (“LPS”). The applicant alleges that the police force engaged in...
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...
