Add getting married to the list of activities in modern Canadian society which today is easy, chock full of options and as quick as you want it. This article is a brief summary of wedding law in Canada. Federal Marriage Legislation While our Constitution Act, 1867, section 91(26) confers … [Read more...]
New website from CPLEA: Laws for Landlords and Tenants in Alberta
The Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta (CPLEA) is excited to announce the launch of our newly redesigned Laws for Landlords and Tenants in Alberta website. The new Laws for Landlords and Tenants website reflects the feedback CPLEA received from landlords and tenants across Alberta. It … [Read more...]
If your Employment Ends… Laws for Tenants in Alberta
With oil prices dropping significantly and Target closing its doors, thousands of Albertans have lost their jobs. Many thousands more are worried everyday that they could lose their job. The Centre for Public Legal Education (CPLEA) has created a new tip sheet for Alberta tenants who are having … [Read more...]
Bench Press 39-3: New Duty of Honest Performance
The Supreme Court of Canada issued an interesting decision recently in the area of contract law. It began by stating: “Canadian common law in relation to good faith performance of contracts is piecemeal, unsettled and unclear.” Clearly, this was an unsatisfactory state of affairs that the Court was … [Read more...]
Bench Press 39-3: Seven Seconds: $27 Million
A Quebec man had his hopes and his fortune dashed when the Supreme Court of Canada decided recently to dismiss his application for leave to appeal a decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal. Joel Ifergan scooted into a convenience store just before 9 pm in 2008 and bought two lottery tickets for that … [Read more...]
Bench Press 39-3: Tragic Tale of Two Girls
Two young aboriginal girls both had been diagnosed with the same type of aggressive cancer and both were receiving chemotherapy for their illness. In both cases, their mothers decided to withdraw their children from conventional cancer treatment and pursue aboriginal healing methods. In one case, … [Read more...]
CPLEA Launches Willownet.ca
Last year at this time the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta (CPLEA) published an issue of LawNow titled When It Hurts to Be Home addressing the theme of abuse and the law. The Centre for Public Legal Education (CPLEA) has a long history of providing accessible legal information in plain … [Read more...]
The Duty of Unions to Fairly Represent Their Members
Introduction About one-third of all Canadian workers, and most public sector employees, are members of unions, sometimes by choice and sometimes by legislation. Unions offer greater collective power than an individual generally can marshal for the negotiation and administration of collective … [Read more...]
Law in the Public Interest
In this issue of LawNow, the Special Report focuses on Public Interest Standing in courts and other tribunals. That got me thinking about public interest law in general. The Career Development Office of the University of Toronto says: Public interest or social justice law has been described as … [Read more...]
Issues Faced by Vulnerable Workers in Canada
The Law Commission of Ontario defines vulnerable workers as “those engaged in precarious work”. “Precarious work” includes: those jobs where one has low wages and at least two of these other features; no pension; no union; and/or small firm size. Precarious work includes temporary … [Read more...]
