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CBC The Current: Accommodating religious beliefs

Jan

22

2014

Tweet Over the last few weeks, there has been a flurry of debate over the issue of religious accommodation. In addition to legislative hearings on the proposed Quebec Charter of Values (which I have previously written about here), outrage erupted when a York University sociology professor went public about his disagreement with the University’s stance ...

AG Canada v. Bedford

Jan

5

2014

Tweet On December 20, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a momentous decision that could well change the trajectory of prostitution law in this country. In Bedford, the Court ruled unanimously that three prostitution-related offences (keeping a common bawdy house, living on the avails of a prostitute, and street solicitation) violate section 7 of the Charter and ...

McGill Law Journal Podcast – Senate Reference

Dec

9

2013

Tweet The McGill Law Journal has developed a great podcast series tackling issues of the day. They approached me about recording one on the Senate Reference (heard at the Supreme Court of Canada on November 12-14 – see my related post here). They also interviewed Dean of Law Daniel Jutras, one of the two amicus ...

Are Women Bad for Multiculturalism?

Dec

9

2013

Tweet On November 20, 2013, I gave the Patricia Allen Memorial Lecture at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. I had a great time, also recording a podcast for their law journal on the Senate Reference. Until I get around to converting my talk to a proper paper, here’s the text of what I said. Thanks ...

November 12-14, 2013: The Senate Reference

Nov

16

2013

Tweet A historic hearing took place at the Supreme Court of Canada this week, as all the partners to the Canadian federation battled it out over the future of the nation’s upper house. The Reference was initiated by the federal government seeking the Court’s advice with respect to four issues: enacting term limits for Senators ...

CTV Power Play: Interview about challenge to Marc Nadon’s SCC appt

Oct

12

2013

Tweet Big news this week with Toronto lawyer Rocco Galati challenging the eligibility of Marc Nadon (who has already been sworn in but has decided to stay out of hearings for now) to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada. I break things down with Don Martin. Click here to see the interview.

CTV News Interview about Supreme Court of Canada Nominee

Oct

3

2013

Tweet Here’s the unedited version of my interview with CTV News about new Supreme Court of Canada Nominee Marc Nadon. The original segment this was intended for got bumped, so they posted the whole thing instead. Click here for the interview.