Some observers say they should be unconstitutional, given their end-run around debate and the legislative process ...

CBA files submissions in challenge of ‘sweeping and unprecedented’ changes to the regulation of lawyers in B.C.

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal says nothing in the Charter suggests legislatures have the last or only word on whether ...

The opinion, rooted in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change science, is not a one-off. Rather, it reinforces a ...

David Frum says lawyers are key to upholding what is morally right and maintaining a belief in the democratic system south of ...

To foster renewed outreach and engagement, the Commission has created a podcast called Obiter. Van Praagh says it explores the evolving nature of law and justice, and was given that name because ...

La Commission du droit du Canada reconstituée vient de célébrer son deuxième anniversaire et de déposer son deuxième rapport annuel au Parlement. La commission originale a été dissoute en 2006; alors ...

Eric St-Pierre se souvient de ses jeunes années à Sudbury en Ontario quand il marchait pour aller à l’école; la pollution était déjà une réalité bien présente. « On goûtait le soufre. » M. St-Pierre ...

The practice Workplace Thinking outside the law firm box A growing number of law school grads and seasoned lawyers see their J.D. as a passport to a world of career possibilities rather than a one-way ...

In a decision some say fails to account for the lived realities of sex workers, the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a constitutional challenge of Canada’s sex work laws. At issue in R v ...