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On the Rule of Law, Blockades, and Indigenous Self-Government
Recently, Canadians have been captivated by a set of protests occurring both in British Columbia and Ontario in relation to the Coastal GasLink pipeline. The pipeline is a $6B dollar, 670 km project which runs across Northern British Columbia. In British Columbia, the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en lead blockades across the pipeline path, even…
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Vavilov and the “Culture of Justification”
(Alyn) James Johnson In Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov (2019 SCC 65), the Supreme Court of Canada strongly endorses a “culture of justification” (at paras. 2, 14). This concept, which has rarely been mentioned let alone employed by a Canadian court in the past (a CanLII search reveals only the concurring judgment…
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Johnson on Vavilov
Announcing a guest post on the “culture of justification” in the Supreme Court’s decision in Vavilov
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Making a Monster
A report on the future regulation of the internet proposes giving the CRTC overwhelming and unaccountable powers
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What Does Vavilov Stand For?
This post is co-written with Leonid Sirota. As we previously noted in a joint post on Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, that decision leaves open the question whether reasonableness review, as explained in the majority reasons, tends toward deference or vigilance, and so whether it will be more rigorous…
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Immuring Dicey’s Ghost
The Senate Reform Reference and constitutional conventions
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Richardson: Rigorous Vavilov Review
In one of the Federal Court of Appeal’s post-Vavilov cases, CNR v Richardson, the Court (per Nadon JA) demonstrates that Vavilov review, on substantive questions of law, will not be inattentive or subordinate to administrative discretion. Indeed, while some suggest that Vavilovian review is “inherently deferential,” I see the matter quite differently: Richardson shows how…
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L’article 28 de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés: des dispositions interprétatives sujettes à interprétation
Alors que la loi québécoise sur la « laïcité de l’État », qui contient une disposition (art. 34) dite « type » de dérogation à la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, voit sa constitutionnalité être contestée devant la Cour supérieure, l’article 28 de ladite Charte, aux dispositions duquel l’article 33 ne permet pas la dérogation, fait l’objet…
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St-Hilaire on Section 28
This is a quick note to announce that Maxime St-Hilaire will shortly be publishing a guest post on section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its relationship with the Charter’s “notwithstanding clause”. We previously published a post on this subject by Kerri Froc, which prompted a response by Asher Honickman over…
Double Aspect 