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Tag: Legal Issues
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 […]
The Politics of Suffering: The Euthanasia Debate in Canada
UPDATE: The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled today that Bill 52 can go ahead In 2013, Bill 52 – An Act respecting end-of-life care was […]
Boroughing Themselves into a Constitutional Challenge: Religious Freedom and Outremont’s New Zoning Bylaw
The Borough of Outremont recently passed a zoning law banning any new houses of worship from establishing themselves on Laurier and Bernard Avenues. The goal […]
Guns and White Ribbons: Bill 64 and Gun Control in Canada
Sunday was the 26th anniversary of the École Polytechnique Massacre in which 25 year old Mark Lépine shot 28 people, killing 14 women, before subsequently […]