Tweet Together with Paul Daly of the University of Montreal, I organized a one-day symposium on the Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss 5 and 6 (known colloquially as the Nadon Reference). Numerous experts and journalists – including retired Federal Court judge Gilles Letourneau, the Toronto Star’s Tonda MacCharles and law professors Jamie Cameron and David Schniederman – ...
Tweet Delighted to share my latest piece, written with my dear friend and long-time collaborator Dr. Michael Plaxton (Sask). We were inspired to write it, in October, following an unprecedented series of events surrounding the appointment of the newest Supreme Court justice, Marc Nadon. This piece, soon to be published in Constitutional Form, has the distinction ...
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 ...