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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R v Le,[1] an important victory in upholding limits on lawful police conduct and emphasizing the ways race changes perceptions of interactions with the police. In this case, police officers patrolling a Toronto neighbourhood noticed … Read more »