Tweet A clip from CTV Power Play on a recent Quebec Superior Court decision finding part of the new medical aid in dying regime (federal and provincial) unconstitutional to the extent that it excludes people who are not at “end of life” or whose death is not “reasonably foreseeable”. Link.

Tweet Ontario’s reference to the Ontario Court of Appeal arguing that the federal carbon pricing scheme is unconstitutional is taking place this week.  I did an interview with The Current’s Anna Maria Tremonti about the proceeding.  She also very kindly plugged my new book on advisory opinions, which is being released in just a few ...

Tweet Here’s a link to a segment I did in early January, 2019, with CTV Power Play on the year just observed by the court and what we might have to look forward to. link

Tweet On December 15, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a remarkable decision holding that the victim fine surcharge, in place for 30 years but made mandatory by the previous Conservative government, was a violation of the Charter’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.  Boudreault is the first decision authored by the Court’s newest justice, Shelagh ...

Tweet Very flattered to have been invited to chat about all things legal with criminal defence lawyer Sean Robichaud.  We had a wide-ranging discussion. https://robichaudlaw.ca/podcast/carissima-mathen/

Tweet As this is my media tab, I thought it appropriate to note a recent accolade.  The University of Ottawa selected me as the recipient of the 2017 Excellence in Media Relations Award: Commentary.  This award is given out every two years.  A number of colleagues worked tirelessly on my nomination, and many national journalists ...

Tweet Here’s an interview I did in October following a super interesting ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada in a case involving the duty to consult.  Mikisew Cree involved a request for a declaration that, in preparing policy that ultimately would become legislation, Crown ministers failed to consult.  This was a novel claim, as ...