SNC-Lavalin

January 27, 2020

A Tale of Two Scandals

Partisanship is undermining political accountability and constitutional checks and balances Continue reading

Constitutional law

accountability, Canada, executive power, partisanship, politics, SNC-Lavalin, United States
April 18, 2019

Why Governments Are Not Angels

The SNC-Lavalin affair reveals serious challenges to the functioning of all three branches of the Canadian government Continue reading

Administrative Law, Constitutional Theory, Political philosophy

executive power, judges, Parliament, politics, separation of powers, SNC-Lavalin
March 27, 2019

Lessening Us: The Supreme Court and SNC-Lavalin

The SNC-Lavalin episode gets worse, if that is possible. Continue reading

Constitutional law, Constitutional Theory, The Justice System

Charter, judicial appointments, SNC-Lavalin
March 11, 2019

Our Pythic Judges: SNC-Lavalin

In Ancient Greece, travelers from far and wide descended upon the Oracle at Delphi. Known collectively as the Pythia, these priestesses or women of Delphi, over generations, provided advice and counsel to anyone wishing to seek it. The Pythia were thought to channel the god Apollo. As the mythology of the Pythia grew, with kings Continue reading

Constitutional law, The Justice System

judges, retired judges, SNC-Lavalin