constitutional amendment

November 14, 2013

First Impressions

I will have more structured and fuller thoughts in the next days, but here are some initial impressions, in no particular order, of the Supreme Court’s hearings on the Senate Reference, almost all of which I watched. *** This case is, of course, largely about constitutional interpretation. (Much more so, in fact, than most constitutional Continue reading

Constitutional law

constitutional amendment, constitutional interpretation, Senate reform
October 24, 2013

What We Said

Apologies for the recent silence. There was no particularly good reason for it, either. Anyway, I’m back. And there is a very good reason for that: the Québec Court of Appeal has released its opinion in response to a reference by the Québec government on the constitutionality of the Federal Government’s Senate reform plans, which Continue reading

Constitutional law

Canada, constitutional amendment, constitutional interpretation, conventions, politcs, Senate reform