The McLachlin Era: A Retrospective (Part I)
Author’s Note: The author would like to thank Professors Benjamin Berger, Signa Daum Shanks, and Bruce Ryder for their generous and thoughtful contributions, without which this post would not have...
Tagged: section 7
You are not Alone: Ontario and British Columbia Invalidate Solitary Confinement
If one were to write the book on section 7 Charter litigation, I think it would be safe to say that we just started a new chapter.
Protracted Immigration Detention and Compressed Proceedings: Habeas Corpus and Charter Claims in Brown v Canada (Public Safety)
In Brown v Canada (Public Safety), 2018 ONCA 14 [Brown], the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) found that Alvin Brown’s rights not to be arbitrarily imprisoned or subjected to cruel and...
R v Boutilier: The Dangerous Offender Regime and the Spectre of Indeterminate Sentences
On December 21st, 2017, the Supreme Court released its decision in R v Boutilier, 2017 SCC 64 [Boutilier], which deals with a constitutional challenge to the dangerous offender scheme in...
