Table of Contents Featured Articles: Looking at Criminal Law Perhaps more than any other area of the law, criminal law is constantly evolving. Recent Developments in Criminal LawCharles DavisonNew laws abound as the government focuses on crime. Are they all necessary? The Crime of … [Read more...]
The Engagement Ring: Whose Property is it?
As William Shakespeare once wrote "The course of true love never did run smooth." What happens when relationships turn sour and questions arise about property that a couple may have acquired together prior to marriage or given as gifts to one another? If diamonds are forever, does the bride-to-be … [Read more...]
Time for oversight of social investments?
We are, as I write this, on the cusp of RRSP season, and as usual at this time of year, many people are turning their minds to plans for their future financial security. Early January, however, brought for some investors unfortunate news of the troubled state of the $95 million Church Extension … [Read more...]
Unilateral Relocations – Don’t Do It!
When a family is in conflict, it can be tempting for one parent to want to get away. This can be especially true in cases where a parent is struggling financially after a separation or, in cases of domestic violence, when leaving is part of a safety plan. However, a unilateral relocation with a … [Read more...]
When Free Trade is Not Free: the Abitibi Case
We will not give away our valuable timber and water resources to a company that does not honour its historic commitments … [w]e will, therefore, today introduce a bill to ensure these valuable natural resources are returned to their rightful owners – the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. – … [Read more...]
Mandatory Retirement: Not so Fast!
“In cases where concern for the employee’s capacity is largely economic . . . it may be difficult, if not impossible, to demonstrate that mandatory retirement at a fixed age, without regard to individual capacity, may be validly imposed . . .” - Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Etobicoke, … [Read more...]
Role of the Organization of American States in Canadian Human Rights
Recently, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) said that there should be an inquiry in Canada into the country’s missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. The seven-member panel concluded that the disappearances and murders are part of a … [Read more...]
Viewpoint 39-4: Ten Years – A Look Back At Bullying
What were you doing in 2005? I can easily recall what I was trying to accomplish. I was a grade 9 student at Bathurst High School at the time, trying to get the courage to do something that no one ever thought I would do – come forward as a sixteen-year-old teenager who endured years of bullying. … [Read more...]
The Best Interests of the Aboriginal Child
In the British Columbia Family Law Act, (FLA) Part 4, Division 7 – Extra-provincial Matters Respecting Parenting Arrangements, there is legislation designed to ensure the best interests of the child are met. The Court is guided by best interests on numerous factors including: the child’s … [Read more...]
The Contemporary Progressive Political Novel: The Rotter’s Club
In my university days and for years after I made a point of seeking out the best literary criticism to further my appreciation of the classic novels and poems I was reading. One work of criticism that has been a lodestar for me over the years is Irving Howe’s impressive account, Politics and The … [Read more...]
