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- Alberta Queen’s Bench Strikes Down Overbroad Provisions of the Mental Health Act Permitting Involuntary Detention
This week, the Alberta Queen’s Bench released a decision assessing the constitutionality of involuntary detention under the Alberta Mental Health Act, both declaring the applicant’s rights had been violated through his detention, and striking down several provisions of the Act.[1] The applicant, JH, … Read more »
- A Bittersweet Day for American Democracy in the Supreme Court
On June 27, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) released two major decisions dealing with partisan politics that will shape America’s democratic elections for years to come. In short, the proposed citizenship question on the 2020 national census is a ‘no’ and partisan gerrymander … Read more »
- Alberta Government Rolls Back Protections for Students in GSAs in Passing Bill 8
After the “longest debate in the Alberta legislature’s history” last week, Bill 8, the Education Amendment Act, passed its third and final reading. Since its introduction by Premier Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party, Bill 8 has been highly contentious, and has provoked widespread critic … Read more »
- An Update on the Alton Gas Saga
Background Alton Gas has received Industrial Approval to construct a brining facility on unceded Mi’kmaq territory abutting the Shubenacadie River estuary. The Sipekne’katik First Nation, one of thirteen First Nations in Nova Scotia, asserts aboriginal rights as well as treaty rights over hunting an … Read more »
- Projet de loi 21 – La laïcité de la magistrature, une question déjà tranchée?
Le 4 juin, dans le cadre de l’étude détaillée du projet de loi 21, le député caquiste et ministre Simon Jolin-Barrette rend hommage à la première femme élue à l’Assemblée nationale du Québec, Mme Kirkland-Casgrain. Il y défend la Loi sur la laïcité de l’État qui, comme nous le rappelle Hélène David, … Read more »