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Ernest Weinrib: A betrayal of the teaching profession

Anita Anand
January 06, 2009 23:18

Sid Ryan, the President of CUPE Ontario has re-launched a campaign to boycott Israeli academics and ban them from doing speaking, teaching or research work at Ontario universities. About a year and half ago, in response to similar initiatives undertaken by Britain's University and College Union,...

Anita Anand - "Backing the BCE Board"

Anita Anand
December 20, 2008 16:40

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada released its long-awaited judgment in the BCE case. The Supreme Court had previously indicated that it would overturn the decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal but today we found out the bases on which it did so. We also found out the current thinking from the...

Ed Morgan - "Sunshine Cases of a Little Constitution"

Anita Anand
December 16, 2008 14:31

Prof. Ed Morgan has posted a new paper to SSRN entitled "Sunshine Cases of a Little Constitution." The paper can be downloaded here.This paper revisits some of Canada's early constitutional history, taking as a starting point the view that constitutional evolution is the country's great national...

Ben Alarie - Tax-Free Savings Accounts

Anita Anand
December 16, 2008 13:07

I've posted a new paper on SSRN that analyzes the new "tax-free savings accounts" that are soon to be available in Canada (they will be coming to a financial institution near you in January). You may recall having seen one (or more) of the now ubiquitous advertisements for the accounts. Here's the...

Lorne Sossin and Lorraine Weinrib - "Canada's constitutional 'black box'"

Anita Anand
December 12, 2008 17:28

In a commentary in the National Post, Professors Lorraine Weinrib and Lorne Sossin argue that the Governor-General's decision-making should be public and transparent in situations such as the recent request by the Prime Minister to prorogue Parliament ("Canada's constitutional 'black box',"...

David Schneiderman - "Prorogation, Dissolution, and the Vicissitudes of Minority Government"

Anita Anand
December 12, 2008 17:27

There is a disturbing trend in much of the commentary precipitated by the events of the last two weeks culminating in Governor General Michaël Jean’s decision to prorogue Parliament. Much of the commentary rightly notes that the decision to prorogue, and even to dissolve Parliament, is a pr...

Peter Russell - Lessons From Our Most Recent “Constitutional Crisis”

Anita Anand
December 10, 2008 21:14

On Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 the University of Toronto Faculty of Law hosted a panel discussion about the Governor-General's decision to prorogue parliament. The following is a summary of the remarks made by panelist Peter Russell.Constitutional conventionsThis has been a period of great uncertainty...

Was the Governor General's Decision to Prorogue Parliament Constitutional? Canada's Leading Scholars Weigh in on this Historic Ruling

Anita Anand
December 10, 2008 03:35

On Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 the University of Toronto Faculty of Law hosted a panel discussion about the Governor-General's decision to prorogue parliament. The panel included leading constitutional scholars and politicians.Many of the participants have expressed an interest in continuing the...

Prof. Emeritus David Beatty: "YES: PR is more democratic"

Anita Anand
December 09, 2008 22:16

This commentary was first published in the Toronto Star on November 1, 2008.The days and weeks following a national election are invariably a time of reflection and recrimination.The Liberals in particular are in for a period of intense soul-searching as they begin yet another leadership...

Lorne Sossin - "Was the Governor General's Decision to Prorogue Parliament Constitutional?"

Anita Anand
December 09, 2008 16:00

On Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 the University of Toronto Faculty of Law hosted a panel discussion about the Governor-General's decision to prorogue parliament. The following is a summary of the remarks made by panelist Lorne Sossin.In light of the presentations, questions and comments on the panel, there...