Tweet (I’ve decided to put conference presentations under “media”, since they’re basically public engagement albeit of a different sort). Here’s a really enjoyable panel I participated in, in Calgary in June.  Sponsored by the Ecofiscal Commission, it was part of a half-day symposium entitled “Bridging Divides” meant to spur honest and, hopefully, productive discussions about ...

Tweet As a devotee of Sunday political shows, I was chuffed to join the regular crew on CBC Sunday Scrum!  With John Ibbitson, Susan Riley and host John Northcott, I participated in a wide-ranging conversation on everything from pot to NAFTA.  Here are links to all of them. Pipelines NAFTA LGBT Pardons  Marijuana Bill  

Tweet In late November, Justin Trudeau announced his pick to replace Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin – not as Chief Justice, but as the ninth judge on the Court.  There had been speculation about the possibility that he would, for the first time, appoint an Indigenous person, the Prime Minister instead picked Alberta Court of Appeal judge ...

Tweet Here’s an article I wrote for a special issue of Policy Magazine celebrating the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. Link

Tweet On June 16th the Supreme Court issued a ruling on the Charter right to trial within a reasonable time.  This has been a big issue in Canada since the Court’s July 2016 ruling in  R. v. Jordan,  where a starkly divided panel decided to institute numerical caps on trial proceedings, following which any further ...

Tweet On June 12, the Chief Justice of Canada (the longest-serving in Canadian history and the first woman to so serve) announced that she will retire on December 15, 2017.  The date is some eight months prior to her 75th birthday and, while not out of left field, still caught some of us by surprise. ...