Sexual harassment has long been recognized in Canada as a form of gender discrimination. For several years, gender discrimination (which includes discrimination based on breast feeding, sexual harassment, transgender and pregnancy) was the most commonly alleged ground of discrimination in both … [Read more...]
Whatever Happened To … Roncarelli v. Duplessis
[A]ction dictated by and according to the arbitrary likes, dislikes and irrelevant purposes of public officers acting beyond their duty, would signalize the beginning of disintegration of the rule of law as a fundamental postulate of our constitutional structure. – Roncarelli v. Duplessis, … [Read more...]
To Move or Not to Move – that is the Question
EDITOR'S NOTE | The information in this article may be out-of-date. For current information on moving with children, see CPLEA's Moving and the Divorce Act info sheet and FAQs and Moving with Children info sheet. In 2005, Patrick and Serena signed a Separation Agreement that said they would … [Read more...]
UN’s Universal Periodic Review of Canada – What’s in it for Canadians?
Although Canada enjoys a pretty positive reputation internationally, we do have human rights issues here, including the right to housing, women’s inequality and Aboriginal issues, among others. A relatively new initiative, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), provides Canadians with an opportunity … [Read more...]
More Clarity on Program-Related Investment Rules in New CRA Guidance on Community Economic Development
Although the idea that charities ought to be more entrepreneurial is frequently lauded these days, the practical difficulties of doing so are easy to underestimate. One aspect of this is the suggestion that charities could or should engage in more revenue-generating activities as a means of … [Read more...]
Whatever Happened To… The Edmonton Journal and Freedom of the Press in Canada
Every person who is the proprietor, editor, publisher or manager of any newspaper published in [Alberta], shall when required to do so by the Chairman [of the Social Credit Board], publish in that newspaper any statement furnished by the Chairman which has for its object the correction or … [Read more...]
Occupational Health and Safety
EDITOR'S NOTE | The information in this article may be out-of-date. For current information on occupational health and safety laws in Alberta, see CPLEA's Occupational Health and Safety FAQs. This article is the first in a series of columns on the topic of safety at work. Canadians spend most … [Read more...]
Resistance to Dictatorship and Piercing the Immunity of the General
AUTHOR'S NOTE This column is a continuation of a discussion of these two books. The first part was published in LawNow March/April 2012. A look at Carmen Aguirre’s Something Fierce: Memoirs of A Revolutionary Daughter (2011) and Heraldo Normeydo Mendoza’s The Dictator’s Shadow: Life Under Augusto … [Read more...]
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights is a set of fifteen statutory and administrative rights outlining the service standards that Canadian taxpayers can expect in their dealings with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The Bill was introduced in 2007 on the premise that increased accountability and … [Read more...]
Corruption and Scandals – A Modest Proposal for Electoral Reform
Anyone who follows politics or even just reads the news knows that great political questions and issues of public philosophy often get set aside from the political agenda because of the intervention of scandals involving a few individuals. The media, and therefore the public, are focused on whether … [Read more...]
