Gun-registry litigation
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Québec Wins Gun-Registry Battle
Justice Marc-André Blanchard, of Québec’s Superior Court has ruled that the federal government’s attempt to destroy the data from the now-defunct long-gun registry is unconstitutional. (I have written extensively about this case; all of my posts about it are collected here.) The CBC’ has the story, and has helpfully posted a copy of the judgment online. Continue reading
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Another Gun-Registry Case
I have written profusely about Québec’s attempt to obtain from the federal government the Québec-related data accumulated in the now-defunct federal long-gun registry. (My summary of the claim is here, and my comments on it are here.) Québec’s claim is based, in effect, on its alleged co-ownership of the data; it does assert that the Continue reading
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Gun-Registry Hearing Today
Something almost as exciting as the Euro has started today in Montreal: the merits hearings in the gun-registry litigation, which I have been covering extensively. As I am not in Montreal, I am totally dependent on the media for any information about it. Things are not very encouraging so far. The reports by Radio-Canada and Continue reading
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You Read It Here First
I thought I was late, but at least I beat La Presse. I wrote on Tuesday about the latest decision of Québec’s Superior Court in the gun-registry litigation. La Presse has a story about it today. Nothing really new there. Continue reading
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Gun-Registry Litigation News
I know, I know, you are as I excited as I am to read about the progress of Québec’s lawsuit to get its hands on the gun-registry data the federal government wants to destroy. So here goes. (If, for reasons beyond my comprehension, you are not breathlessly excited about this, rest assured that I have Continue reading
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Judicial Review and Co-operative Federalism
I would like to return to Justice Blanchard’s reasons for judgment granting the injunction preventing destruction of Québec-related gun-registry data pending judgment on the merits in this case, about which I posted here a couple of days ago. The case, says Justice Blanchard, is “exceptional,” “a first in Canadian judicial history” (par. 21). The reason it Continue reading
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More on the Gun-Registry Litigation
Having sought – and obtained – cheap popularity with my potty-mouthed post yesterday, I now return to the (extra)ordinary world of constitutional law, and to my favourite topic so far: Québec’s attempt to gets its hands on the gun-registry data the federal government wants to destroy. I just came across – a bit late – Continue reading
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Another Gun-Registry Litigation Update
Radio-Canada reports that the safeguard order preventing the destruction of Québec-related gun registry data has been extended until the end of the hearing on the merits in June. I thought that this had already been the case, but I suppose that the previous extension was only good until the issuance of today’s opinion. Continue reading
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Further Gun-Registry Litigation Update
Radio-Canada reports that the safeguard order preventing the destruction of the long-gun registry data relative to Québec has been extended, presumably until the merits hearings now due to be held in June. The federal government had claimed that the safeguard order was not necessary because no data would be destroyed before August – yet both Continue reading
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Gun Registry Litigation Update
There is news regarding Québec’s attempt to obtain “its” long-gun registry data before it is destroyed by the federal government, about which I wrote here and here. The merits hearing was supposed to take place today. However, Radio-Canada reports that the judge was concerned that the matter is too complex and there is not enough time to Continue reading
Double Aspect 