Generally, Alberta court orders are only enforceable in Alberta. And, generally, Alberta judges can only grant family law orders about people who reside in Alberta. However, families are mobile and many relocate from province to province or even from country to country. Therefore, Alberta has … [Read more...]
No Legal Training, No Problem! Go Forth and Represent your Family in Provincial Court for Free
Access to Justice is always a live and relevant issue: people with limited financial means are at risk to not having legal representation compared to those who can easily afford it. Legal Aid alleviates some financial pressure off impoverished accused in Criminal Court, however, unless the Crown is … [Read more...]
Who Makes the Law of Work in Canada?
Introduction Canada is a large country with several levels of government and different law-making authorities. Constitutionally, Canada is a federal country, which means it is organized under two levels of government: national and provincial. It is also jointly governed by legislatures and … [Read more...]
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“That when a government violates a Canadian, any Canadian’s fundamental rights, and allows them to be tortured, there are consequences and we all must pay . . . the question is what the Government of Canada did or didn’t do and that as a deterrent, as taking responsibility, and that as actually … [Read more...]
Self-Employment and Family Law: Calculating Income for Support
In most cases, the amount of child support a parent has to pay is determined by their income. For an employee, this is generally simple to calculate and is usually set out at line 150 of the employee’s tax return. However, many Albertans earn income from self-employment. It can be complicated to … [Read more...]
Human Rights Law and Employment: Does Context Trump Relationship?
Human rights legislation across Canada has similarities and differences. Most legislation covers discrimination in specific contexts (such as services customarily available to the public) and membership in professional associations or trade unions, or relationships (such as employment or landlord … [Read more...]
Senate Study Offers Opportunity for Fresh Look at Charity Issues
Canada, through the federal government and its provincial counterparts, offers preferential tax treatment to charities and certain other public benefit entities that is among the most generous of any country in the industrialized world. That advantageous treatment comes in the form of tax credits … [Read more...]
Are Environmentalists Good or Bad?
Tree-huggers. Greenies. Enviro-nazis. Eco-terrorists. Eco-extremists. City-dwellers. Radicals. Eco-vangelists. Eco-crazies. Sheeple. Foreign-funded __________________ (add any of the preceding epithets).What ARE environmentalists anyway? Are they good, wise, caring, rational, science-loving … [Read more...]
#MeToo and Wrongful Dismissal
Introduction It is said that everyone has their own #MeToo story. Indeed that is exactly the message #MeToo seeks to communicate. I start this column with a story that comes to my mind in this context. This then leads to the main point of this piece: #MeToo makes for captivating human interest … [Read more...]
The Law of Spanking
A person commits an assault when . . . without the consent of another person, he applies force intentionally to that other person, directly or indirectly . . .Every schoolteacher, parent or person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction toward a pupil … [Read more...]
