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Bill 78 – No Surprise It’s Having the Opposite Effect Responding to what some have coined anti protest legislation, protestors outside of Quebec have joined in on the Montreal student protest. On May 22, 2012, demonstrators in Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, New York, and even Paris united in red to show their support for the protestors. [...]

University students across the country held their breath this week when the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Pridgen v University of Calgary, 2012 ABCA 139.  While on its face, the case decides whether universities are subject to Charter scrutiny, and whether the University’s discretion to impose disciplinary sanctions on theses students was […]

The law of causation is scrutinized frequently in Canadian criminal law, frequently leading to its revision and redefinition; Canadian courts have often attempted to fine-tune approaches that enable the determination of causation. The enormous emphasis the courts place on this determination is reflected in issues of public policy. Even more important is the […]