On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada hinted that it would be making an “announcement of interest” later that afternoon. What could it possibly be, many of us legal beagles wondered. Was it an unexpected judicial retirement? Could it be that the Chief Justice of Canada herself was retiring? Amid the predictions among […]
About Tasneem Karbani
Tasneem Karbani is the Education and Communications Coordinator with the Centre for Constitutional Studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
Viewpoint 42-3: Tradition Triumphs: A New Guard for Canada’s Supreme Court
January 5, 2018 By Tasneem Karbani
The Significance of the Charter in Canadian Legal History
Looking Back 2017 not only marks 150 years since the British North America Act, 1867 (better known today as the Constitution Act, 1867), came into being, it also marks the 35th anniversary of an important part of our Constitution – the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. What is the Charter? At the grassroots level, […]
