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19 May 2024, 4:01 am by Administrator
The S.C.C. held: the Charter applies to the VGFN and to its citizens, principally, but not only, because the VGFN is a government by nature; the circumstances here show that for Indigenous communities, s. 32(1) and s. 25 are intimately connected; it is true that the application of individual Charter rights to a self governing Indigenous community may be thought to inhibit the pursuit of rules designed to protect minority Indigenous rights and interests; but s. 25, by providing… [read post]
31 Dec 2023, 4:00 am by Administrator
.: “I would dismiss the appeal … In sum, in respect of both the mental health and the after-the-fact evidence, I see no reviewable errors in the jury charge and, on these points, I would adopt the majority reasons of van Rensburg J.A. as my own, without reserve. [read post]
16 May 2023, 11:43 am by Patricia Hughes
Although effective representation is conditioned on parity of voting power, there are other factors to consider: Factors like geography, community history, community interests and minority representation may need to be taken into account to ensure that our legislative assemblies effectively represent the diversity of our social mosaic. [read post]
9 May 2023, 1:20 pm by Patricia Hughes
Preamble This post is the first of a series considering three major issues under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: the impact of how the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has defined rights; the relationship between rights; and the relationship between guarantees of rights and freedoms and section 1 of the Charter. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 12:43 pm by Ronald Collins
ShareThere is no man in this country to whom the colored race is more indebted. [read post]
8 Jun 2021, 2:33 am by Patricia Hughes
Singh (ONCA, Blair J.A., for the Court) (“CA’s stay decision”): December 12, 2013. [read post]
23 May 2021, 4:01 am by Administrator
Essentially for the reasons of Schrager J.A., a majority of judges of this Court are not convinced that the Crown’s failure to have recourse to s. 9 of the Canada Evidence Act made the trial unfair, and they agree with Schrager J.A. that the verdict was not unreasonable. [read post]
Additionally, where an SRL commits a minor mistake that is easily rectified, they should not be unjustly penalized. [read post]
28 Feb 2021, 6:36 pm by Omar Ha-Redeye
Controversial justice interventions such as carding were often justified as in the best interest of the minority communities being targeted, with no discussion, input, or control by those same communities. [read post]
28 Jan 2020, 2:08 pm by Patricia Hughes
At trial, McMahon J. stated he found the affidavits and testimony of two experienced defence lawyers, who contended minority clients needed peremptory challenges, credible and “compelling” (but not sufficiently so to find the abolition of peremptory challenges unconstitutional) (Chouhan, trial, paras. 14-21). [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 6:04 am by Michael Geist
In a landmark ruling, the court ruled that there is a privacy interest in subscriber information. [read post]
5 Nov 2019, 8:07 am by Patricia Hughes
Just as the Toronto medical officer of health called for limiting the exemptions to Ontario’s mandatory vaccine regime for school children to only one, on medical grounds (although this has not been received positively by the provincial health minister), Vaccine Choice Canada and five mothers have challenged the requirement that in order to attend public school, children must receive vaccinations. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 10:29 am by Kluwer Patent blogger
Unfortunately some minority interests are driving this process, and the EPO has now got itself into a mess by trying to amend Rule 28(2) EPC (and it was clearly warned in advance that this could be illegal). [read post]
2 Jan 2019, 4:00 am by Malcolm Mercer
As Blair J.A. observed: It is not the role of this court to determine whether, as a matter of policy, the operations of the respondents serve the public interest. [read post]