In my September 23, 2013, post, I referenced the Manitoba Attorney General’s argument filed in the Senate Reference that fixed terms for Senators were incompatible with the concept of independence – the independence that was so essential to the Senators’ […]
Administrative Justice: Fixed Terms incompatible with Independence – SCC Agrees Read More »
In light of the recent attack by the Prime Minister on the Chief Justice of Canada, the Calgary Herald has gone back in its files to find other examples of the fate of holders of “independent” positions who have made
GUEST POST The following post is a report from the trenches, as it were, by Donald J. Porter, an advocate who represents individuals disabled from injury or disease who, unable to earn their own livelihood, must apply for the
Administrative Justice and DISABILITY Claims – NOT A PRETTY PICTURE Read More »
THE PREMISE As we contemplate the implications, for the independence and impartiality of federal adjudicative tribunals, of their being taken over by the “Service” – the new branch of the Department of Justice being created by Division 29 of Bill
I am pleased (pleased doesn’t quite cover it) to report this morning’s announcement that Unjust by Design is one of five books short-listed for the 16th Annual Donner Prize – “the award for the BEST PUBLIC POLICY BOOK by a
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