PREFACE On December 19, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the applications of the Saskatchewan Government and General Employee’s Union (SGEU) and the Saskatchewan Joint Board Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) for leave to appeal the Saskatchewan […]
NEWS The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the Saskatchewan Government and General Employee’s Union’s application for leave to appeal the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal’s decision in SFL v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General), 2013 SKCA 61 (CanLII). COMMENT Some indication of the
As reported in the Canadian Legal Newswire on December 2, 2013, Professor Michael Saks, a law and social science scholar from the Arizona State University, recently spoke to the Toronto Conference marking the 20th anniversary of Canada’s Association in Defence
Facts On March 21, 2013, the BC Provincial Agriculture Land Commission refused an application for permission for a non-agricultural use of acreage located in the Agricultural Land Reserve in the area of Fort St. John. After receiving a request from the
Tribunal Independence: Standing up to Politicians – A Case in Point Read More »
Background In 2001, the Quebec Court of Appeal held in Barreau du Montréal* that the appointment of members of Quebec’s Administrative Tribunal (TAQ) to fixed renewable terms would be incompatible with the Valente principles of judicial independence – and thus in