On the Saturday afternoon of March 26, 2016, Montreal’s historic Snowdon Theatre was engulfed in black smoke. Ninety fire-fighters and thirty five vehicles later, the […]
Category: Law
Beyond Publicity: A Brief on Native Rights in Quebec and Canada
Of all the groups in the Canadian Mosaic, none has been more cheated and worse treated than our First Nations. First Peoples is the generic term […]
Garlanding the Bench: Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee vs. The Senate
On Wednesday March 16, 2016, Barack Obama named Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS). The nomination came […]
The Problem with Boozy Blood: Drunk Driving Laws in Canada
On September 27th, 2015 Marco Muzzo, the 29 year old son of one of Canada’s wealthiest families and heir to a billion dollar estate killed […]
Scouting for SCOTUS: The Battle to Replace Antonin Scalia
On February 13, 2016 Antonin Scalia, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) died. He was 79. Instead of reacting with sympathy […]
TPing the TPP: A Crash Course on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has made a lot of headlines in the past year. Canadian participation in it was negotiated by the Harper government just […]
The Uncertainty of Death and Taxes: What it Means to Be Legally Dead in Canada
American founding father Benjamin Franklin once said that the only certain things in this world are death and taxes. Over the past few years the […]
Credible Persecution: How Refugee Claims are Decided in Canada
With the escalation of the conflict in Syria, the developed world has faced increasing pressure to accept the ensuing refugees. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has […]
The Legal Side of Canada’s Spanking Debate
In the old days “spare the rod and spoil the child” was considered an adequate parenting technique. It was based on the notion that not […]
The C Word: Canada’s Consent Laws
New Year’s Eve approaches and with it lots of drunken merriment. There will be hangovers the next day, and many people waking up next to […]