To date, Parliament has never used the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights. However, several provinces have, ...

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The Supreme Court of Canada has clarified that a contextual approach must be taken when determining where a child resides in international family law cases. That comes in its written decisions for a ...

Pity the poor patriotic Canadian consumer. Since the start of the trade war with the U.S., a trip to the supermarket has meant being bombarded with the maple leaf in every aisle and a confusing ...

Un nouveau projet de loi du Sénat rendrait « plus difficile, mais pas impossible » pour le Parlement d’utiliser la disposition de dérogation pour passer outre aux droits fondamentaux garantis en vertu ...

The President of the Canadian Bar Association, John Stefaniuk, K.C., marked International Women’s Day by sending a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to inform him of a recent resolution adopted ...

After decades of relative quiet, talk of conscription and national service is suddenly making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. This is not surprising, given the world looks more dangerous than ...

Law Opinion Law professor gives Lexis+ AI a failing grade ‘Given its current limitations, I cannot recommend this to my law students, and I would not use it for my own legal research at this time’ BY ...

Bill C-63 is a significant departure from an earlier effort to pass online harms legislation, which died on the order paper when the 2021 election was called. The new bill has narrowed its scope to ...