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Whiplash
The good, the bad, and the ugly in Ontario’s election law reform Continue reading
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The Made-Up Law Made Them Do It
The Supreme Court’s made-up right to vote doctrine works its mischief at the Ontario Court of Appeal Continue reading
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Remarks on Bill C-76
Freedom of expression issues in an electoral reform bill Continue reading
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The Law of Permanent Campaigning
Election law might have help create permanent campaigns. Can it be used to solve their problems? Continue reading
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Permanent Censorship, Again
Ontario’s proposal for regulating pre-campaign political spending is wrong Earlier this week, The Globe and Mail reported that the Ontario government is proposing to introduce legislation that would limit the flow of private money into the political process (and introduce public subsidies to political parties). There is no bill yet, as the government is consulting Continue reading
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Permanent Campaign or Permanent Censorship?
Richard Pildes has an interesting post over at the Election Law Blog, discussing Michael Ignatieff’s take on the “circumvention” of election campaign spending limits by the Conservative Party of Canada in their “permanent campaign” which, Prof. Ignatieff believes (and, in fairness to him, so do many others), destroyed him as a potential Prime Minister. The “permanent Continue reading
