Taylor v Her Majesty the Queen: The Applicant’s had “Bigger Fish to Fry”
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised a number of concerns about civil liberties and the extent to which they can be curbed to slow the spread of the virus. On one...
Tagged: Constitutional law
R v Canfield: Unrestricted Searches of Digital Devices at the Border Declared Unconstitutional
Over the past decade, personal electronic devices (“PEDs”) such as cell phones, tablets, and laptops have become mobile security safes for individuals’ core biographical and personal information. They contain banking...
The Scope of the Federal Criminal Law Power in the Reference re Genetic Non-Discrimination Act
The need to safeguard privacy has long been a mainstay of the Canadian legal system. The right to secure autonomy and control over our private information has been preserved both...
The Legacy of R v Sparrow
In May of this year, thirty years will have passed since R v Sparrow, [1990] 1 SCR 1075 [Sparrow] was released. Sparrow was the first decision to apply section 35 of...
