LawNow magazine is an incredible resource for teachers. Each issue offers engaging articles about law in language suitable for students. Teachers Talk LawNow is a series of lesson plans for teachers based on these articles. Infographics are an effective way to distill complex information into … [Read more...]
The Fight for Supremacy of the Rule of Law in Canada
The next time that your Saturday morning reverie is disturbed by the doorbell ringing and two nice persons are standing on your doorstep with a copy of the Watch Tower, you might be inclined to treat them with some sympathetic respect if you read Peter Bowal’s most recent Whatever Happened … [Read more...]
Worried about Privacy in Canada?
The uproar that followed the federal government’s introduction of a bill about new powers to demand private information from Internet providers last spring led to the shelving of Bill C-30. But the government seems poised to bring back another form of the bill in the next few months. In the … [Read more...]
Legal Information and Resources on Bullying
In honour of Bullying Awareness Week (Nov 12 – 17, 2012) let’s look at some resources surrounding bullying. Bullying is an important topic to discuss in schools. The August/September 2002 issue of LawNow featured a lesson plan on bullying. It includes a case study, guidelines for a mock trial, … [Read more...]
What does Elections Alberta do?
Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, O. Brian Fjeldheim, and his staff at Elections Alberta are very busy people! As Sean Rathwell reveals in his article, Riding the Elections Cycle: The Role of Elections Alberta in the November/December issue of LawNow, they run on a four-year cycle. Since an … [Read more...]
Questioning Jurisdiction
One of the great unanswered questions in Canadian charity law is just how far the federal government’s jurisdiction extends over “Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Hospitals, Asylums, Charities, and Eleemosynary Institutions”. That is the language used in s. 92(7) of the 1867 … [Read more...]
Protecting Your Personal Information When You Rent
When tenants apply to rent somewhere to live, they usually have to fill out long pages of information about themselves, and they often don’t question why or how the landlord is going to use the personal information that they are providing. Tenants should be concerned about protecting their personal … [Read more...]
The Law of Embellished Credentials
Introduction Human resources professionals say up to 30% of claims on resumes of job applicants have been exaggerated. Job seekers, inclined to present themselves in the best possible light, are tempted to inflate their credentials, especially during recessionary times when jobs are scarce and … [Read more...]
How does the American electoral system differ from our Canadian system?
Tuesday November 6 is election day in the United States. This election is one of the most hard-fought and fractious contests in modern memory. The polls at this point can’t predict who will win. The result in Canada’s closest neighbour might turn on a little-known and somewhat mysterious body … [Read more...]
Considering Custody
EDITOR'S NOTE Canada's Divorce Act changed on March 1, 2021. The information in this article may be out-of-date. For current information on family law, see CPLEA's Families & Relationships Resources. I recently received this question: How can I get sole custody of my four-year-old son? I … [Read more...]
