Canadians are fortunate to have a wealth of reliable legal information online. A key source is a core of dedicated non-profit public legal education organizations across the country. These are organizations whose main purpose is to make legal information accessible and understandable to everyone. … [Read more...]
Minimum or Reasonable Notice of Termination?
In 1978 Marek and Gilles started work as salesmen for an Ontario car dealership (HOJ), on an ongoing, indefinite basis. By 1985 they had both been promoted to managerial positions and were earning close to $200,000 (in today’s terms) in total compensation which included commissions, allowances, … [Read more...]
35-5 | May-June 2011
Table of Contents Feature: The Law and Armed ConflictSpecial Report: The Law and LanguageDepartmentsColumns Featured Articles: The Law and Armed Conflict Is there a role for law in armed conflict? The two seem utterly incompatible, and yet law does play a role: before, during and after the … [Read more...]
35-4 | March-April 2011
Table of Contents Feature: Children Caught in ConfusionSpecial Report: Constitutional Challenge to LawDepartmentsColumns Featured Articles: Children Caught in Confusion Assisted Human Reproduction: Should sperm donor anonymity be maintained?Brian Seaman “Paging Dr. Freud. Paging Dr. … [Read more...]
35-3 | Jan-Feb 2011
Table of Contents Feature: Multicultural CanadaDepartmentsColumns Featured Articles: Multicultural Canada Canada has an official multiculturalism policy and a Multiculturalism Act to implement it. Ethnic and Cultural Minorities: Canadian Policymapleleafweb.com Big Ideas in the Land of BozBrian … [Read more...]
35-2 | Nov-Dec 2010
Table of Contents Feature: HomelessnessSpecial Report: The History of LawDepartmentsColumns Featured Articles: Homelessness It is hard for most of us to imagine what it must be like to have no home. The View From the StreetThe homeless are everywhere among us. And homelessness is often only the … [Read more...]
35-1 | Sept-Oct 2010
Table of Contents Featured Articles: Defending the EnvironmentSpecial Report: Testing the Limits of LawSchool's InDepartments Columns Featured Articles: Defending the Environment The law can be used in many ways to defend the environment, from legislation to lawsuits to citizen action. Knowledge … [Read more...]
The Case for P3s: Public Private Partnerships
Introduction Canada’s civil and social “infrastructure deficit” is estimated to be up to $125 billion which is approximately 6-10 times the level of all current annual government infrastructure budgets combined. In this context and facing a potentially protracted worldwide economic slowdown, many … [Read more...]
Parliamentary Democracy 101
In the Gettysburg address, Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as government “of the people, by the people, for the people.” He was, of course, referring to the democratic model of the United States. However, the same words can be used to define Canadian parliamentary democracy: government of the … [Read more...]
Prorogation: A Powerful Tool Forged by History
In early December 2008, the situation for Stephen Harper’s second government appeared dire. Although he had won the election of October 14, Canadians gave his Conservatives only a minority government. Now, in the few short days since he had convened Parliament, he had so angered the opposition … [Read more...]
