Rachidi Ezokola worked for eight years for the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, four of them as a UN diplomat. He moved to Montreal in 2008 with his wife and eight children and asked for refugee status, claiming that he had received death threats from Congolese intelligence agents. … [Read more...]
Bench Press 38-1: Defining Dads
This is complicated. R and H were in a same-sex interdependent relationship and decided they would like to have a child. D, who was also in a same-sex relationship, agreed to bear a child for them, using R’s sperm. A child, S was born and was raised for her first three years by R and H, with … [Read more...]
The Law and Birth
Canadians were shocked and saddened by the death of a Winnipeg mom and her two young children this summer. Today comes the news that Allyson McConnell , convicted of murdering her two sons and deported to her native Australia, has been found dead, of an apparent suicide. The birth of a child is … [Read more...]
Bench Press 38-1: A Tree Grows in ….Toronto?
Two neighbours in Toronto contested the ownership of a large Norway maple tree. Katherine Hartley claimed sole ownership of the tree and wanted to cut it down because she feared it was dangerous. Her neighbours contended that the tree straddled their property line, so that they had ownership of the … [Read more...]
Volunteerism Fuels Class Action at the Landlord Tenant Board
“I couldn’t raise my children here, there were mice, cockroaches... every day. I accepted this as part of my life for too long. What changed was a light went on in my head, and I realized that this was not right.” - Fatima Fatima is one of nearly 25 low-income tenants who decided to take … [Read more...]
Vol 37-6: Jul/Aug 2013
Full PDF of this issue LawNow gratefully acknowledges funding from the Alberta Real Estate Foundation to assist in the publication of this issue on Real Estate Law. Table of Contents Featured Articles: Real Estate Law Special Report: Legal Responses to … [Read more...]
Tax Issues for New Canadians
While there are many attractions to Canada, I cannot recall anyone attracted by a desire to experience our income tax system! Like most developed tax systems, ours can be extremely complex, and can impose results perceived as neither just nor equitable. Many tax issues are unique to new Canadians, … [Read more...]
Permanent Residents and Residency Obligation
People from all over the world make applications to come to the promised land of Canada. They may come via many categories of immigration, including Family Class, Skilled Worker Class, Entrepreneur Class, Investor Class, Self-Employed Class, Canadian Experience Class, or Refugee Class. Once they … [Read more...]
The Proclamation of 1763: Britain’s Approach to Governing in the New World
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 resulted directly from the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) between Britain and France. This conflict was in the nature of a world war with fighting principally in North America, the Caribbean, and India. With the Treaty of Paris of 1763 which ended the hostilities, … [Read more...]
The Royal Proclamation and its Approach to Competing Cultures
The October 7, 1763 Royal Proclamation, as its 250th anniversary approaches, is justifiably hailed as the genesis of first peoples’ singular, identified status within the Canadian constitutional structure. That core thesis, and the substantive provisions with respect to protection of first peoples’ … [Read more...]
