Historic decision on the notwithstanding clause from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.
"The Charter is not written in disappearing ink that comes and goes every five years according to whether Parliament or a legislature has invoked s. 33."
-CJ Leurer, Saskatchewan v UR Pride, 2025 SKCA 74
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Pleased to have a chapter on the early professional life of Justice Abella in this open access collection. Congratulations to the editors on this important contribution to judicial biography in Canada.
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Challenging Exile
Challenging Exile - Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution; Challenging Exile delves into the origins, experience, and aftermath of a shameful moment in Canada’s past: the government’s attemp...
Now available for pre-order, my forthcoming book with Jordan Stanger-Ross, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, a shocking story of Canada's attempt to exile over 10,000 Japanese Canadians after the Second World War ended.
www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...
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I can confirm he has no known campaign office or website.
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View of The Constitutionality of Prorogation
You may hear a lot about prorogation in the coming days. My refresher here: journals.library.ualberta.ca/constitution...
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But I had just gotten very used to NEVER tweeting.
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Opinion: Let's not tie government's hands in the next crisis
Governing during emergencies requires balancing rights, not tying hands
"The harms of COVID were many. Let’s not add preventing the government from effectively responding to the next crisis to the list."
My op-ed on the wrong approach at the base of Preston Manning's COVID Panel.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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justice reporter at The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper
Author of At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage --"an instant #1 bestseller."
It's the story of how political words have been weaponized and who weaponized them.
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Associate Professor, U of Alberta. President of the International Mycorrhiza Society.
I study the mycorrhizal ecology of forests. Less hype, more hyphae.
Law professor. Books: Implied Consent & Sexual Assault; Sovereignty, Restraint, & Guidance; The Tenth Justice (w/ Carissima Mathen).
Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Ex-DOJ/OLC. Becoming familiar with your game.
How Rights Went Wrong available at Bookshop.org (https://tinyurl.com/se32my4r), Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/3vbcfwa4), or a decent public library.