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Accessibility Legislation Across Canada: The current situation

By Linda McKay-Panos | July 5, 2021

The Accessible Canada Act and similar legislation in four provinces address systemic barriers of accessibility. According to Statistics Canada (2017), 22% of Canadians over the age of 15 live with at least one disability that limits their everyday activities. Federal and provincial human … [Read more...]

Disabilities, Accommodation and Mask Rules: Human Rights Commission weighs in

By Linda McKay-Panos | May 4, 2021

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal released a screening decision about a customer's complaint of having to wear a mask in a store. Recently, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal declined to accept a complaint in a case called The Customer v The Store, 2021 BCHRT 39 (The Customer). … [Read more...]

Advancing the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation under International Law: Human rights vs. investor rights

By David Lark | March 19, 2021

While international mechanisms are increasingly recognizing the human rights to water and sanitation, states must take action too. Concerns about the human rights to water and sanitation (HRWS) under international law have gained increasing attention in recent years. In Canada, ongoing water … [Read more...]

Stateless but Not Powerless

By Rob Normey | January 6, 2021

A novel of Kurdish resistance and the quandary of human rights in our time The most compelling new novel I read in 2020 is Daughters of Smoke and Fire from debut Kurdish-Canadian novelist Ava Homa. This dynamic advocacy piece for Kurds and women’s rights in the Middle East was also the inaugural … [Read more...]

SCC Rules on Intellectual Disabilities and Equality

By Linda McKay-Panos | January 6, 2021

A recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) case, R v Slatter, 2020 SCC 36, provided a strong statement about the treatment of evidence provided by witnesses who have intellectual or developmental disabilities. Thomas Slatter was convicted at trial of sexually assaulting an intellectually disabled … [Read more...]

Transgender Inmates in Canada

By myrnaelgakhrytuttle | December 21, 2020

How do federal, provincial and territorial laws or policies protect transgender inmates? Individuals may identify with a gender that goes along with their sex given at birth, they may identify with a gender that is different from their sex given at birth, or they may identify with a non-traditional … [Read more...]

Why is Canada a Bilingual Country?

By myrnaelgakhrytuttle | August 30, 2019

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Canada has two official languages: French and English. We always wonder why. Canada’s two colonizing peoples are the French and the British. They controlled land and built colonies alongside Indigenous peoples, who had been living there for millennia. They had two different languages and cultures. … [Read more...]

When Can the Right to Freedom of Expression be Curtailed?

By myrnaelgakhrytuttle | July 4, 2019

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Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects our freedom of expression, but this freedom is not absolute. The right to express our opinions is a crucial element of a democracy. Freedom of expression is a basic characteristic of personal development. It gives us the right to … [Read more...]

Privacy and Medical Information in the Workplace

By myrnaelgakhrytuttle | March 5, 2019

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How can we balance an employer's right to know about illness or disability and an employee's right to privacy? Requesting medical information from employees may raise privacy issues. Employees have the right to keep their medical information confidential and private. But employers also have the … [Read more...]

New & Updated Resources at CPLEA – Vol. 43-1

By APeerani | August 31, 2018

LawNow has created a Department called New Resources at CPLEA,  which is now a permanent addition to each issue.   Each post will highlight what's new, updated/revised or popular at CPLEA. All resources are free and available for download. We hope that this will raise awareness of the many resources … [Read more...]

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