Full PDF of this issue Table of Contents Featured Articles: Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape Special Report: Aboriginal Law Departments Columns Featured Articles: Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape Some decisions our courts make carry the … [Read more...]
Vol 38-5: Vulnerable Youth and the Law
Full PDF of this issue Table of Contents Featured Articles: The Law and Vulnerable Youth Special Report: Copyright Law Departments Columns Featured Articles: Vulnerable Youth and the Law How can the law help vulnerable youth as they grow toward adulthood? The State … [Read more...]
Bench Press 39-2: Reining on the Parade
The Calgary Stampede Authority and the Street Church Evangelism Ministries International Foundation (Street Church) have been clashing for years over the Church’s participation in the Calgary Stampede parade. Things came to a head in 2012. The City of Calgary passed an amendment to its Traffic Bylaw … [Read more...]
Bench Press 39-2: Who Calls the Shots on Treatment Orders?
A judge issued a treatment order for an accused in a psychotic state. The Crown indicated that a bed in one hospital would be available in six days. The judge ordered treatment “forthwith” at another hospital. Court services delivered the accused to the first hospital and left him in the hallway. … [Read more...]
Unpaid Internships: The Views of a Survivor!
Last week a Craigslist post made the rounds of my social circle in Vancouver. It advertised an exciting opportunity for a peppy, earnest young person to become a "Barista Intern", to learn to handle, and I quote, "thirst and hunger requirements." Needless to say, it was torn apart and taken down not … [Read more...]
The Gallant Yet Illegal Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War
It was in Spain that men learned that one can be right and still be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own reward. It is this, without doubt, which explains why so many men throughout the world regard the Spanish drama as a personal tragedy. - Albert … [Read more...]
Whatever Happened To . . . Can. Aero v. O’Malley
Ethics disqualifies a director or senior officer from usurping for himself or diverting to another person or company with whom or with which he is associated a maturing business opportunity which his company is actively pursuing; he is also precluded from so acting even after his resignation . . . - … [Read more...]
Employees on Probation
Since it takes away an employee's usual rights, a probationary period must be expressly agreed to by the employee. It cannot be implied into the relationship. The [employer] must clearly indicate what will happen if the relationship ends before the probation terminates. - Easton v. Winslow … [Read more...]
A helpful Guidance on Ineligible Individuals, but questions remain
Andrew Coyne recently drew much attention when he mused in the National Post about the merit of abolishing the charitable tax credit so registered charities could have free rein to engage in political activities. However, the credit is arguably at far greater risk from the abusive tax shelters that … [Read more...]
Why Canada Should Have a Museum for Human Rights
Recently, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights opened in Winnipeg. It is the first national museum built outside of Ottawa and the only one in the world that is dedicated solely to human rights. The museum was originally envisioned and supported by the late Israel and Babs Asper. Governments … [Read more...]
