Articles 2020

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COVID-19: The Vaccine & “Return-to-work” Policies

  • 02 février 2021
  • Taran Hoogsteen

If no provincial vaccine mandate is implemented, individual employers will have to take it upon themselves to determine how to introduce employees back into their workplaces in light of legal and social responses to the pandemic. These policies promise to be complex, requiring a fine balancing of the rights of each stakeholder. This article will discuss some of the considerations for employers when creating these “return-to-work” policies.

Droit constitutionnel, libertés civiles et droits de la personne, Student Forum

SCC Says Corporations Cannot Suffer Cruel and Unusual Punishment

  • 18 janvier 2021
  • Deina Warren, LL.B., LL.M.

Can corporations suffer cruel and unusual punishment? In Quebec (Attorney General) v 9147-0732 Québec Inc, the Supreme Court of Canada assessed this notion and determined that corporations cannot benefit from the protection of section 12 of the Charter.

Droit constitutionnel, libertés civiles et droits de la personne

Case Comment: C.P. v Her Majesty the Queen

  • 13 janvier 2021
  • Farhana Hossain

Young offenders need equal, if not more, protection than adults. Section 37(10) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) hinders access to justice for youth. This provision of the YCJA was recently analyzed by the Supreme Court of Canada in C.P. v Her Majesty the Queen.

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COVID-19: Legal Obligations Around Childcare Accommodation

  • 30 octobre 2020
  • Priya Sarin and Matthew Badrov, Sherrard Kuzz LLP

As provincial economies reopen and many employees return to the physical workplace, the issue of childcare remains as many schools and daycares are closed or operating at reduced capacity.

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Lawyers and Law Students Urge Parliament to Protect the Rights of Marginalized Canadians

  • 30 octobre 2020
  • Derek Ross, LL.B., LL.M., Executive Director and General Counsel of Christian Legal Fellowship

On October 5, 2020, the federal government re-introduced Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying). Among other things, this Bill would remove the requirement that a person’s death be “reasonably foreseeable” in order to obtain a physician's assistance to end their life. This article discusses the federal governments obligations to uphold its international commitments, protect the rights of marginalized Canadians, and reconsider Bill C-7.

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Canada’s Human Rights Failures on COVID-19

  • 28 octobre 2020
  • Errol Mendes

When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, everyone was saying that we are all in it together. Six months in, it is clear that we are not. We have seen huge disparities in terms of the impacts of this virus on the elderly, the unemployed and underemployed, women, the disabled, Indigenous peoples and racialized minorities.

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OBA Program Summary: “Critical Issues in Race and Policing”, Part 2

  • 02 octobre 2020
  • Saba Ahmad

On the evening of September 30, 2020, over 120 lawyers and other professionals attended virtually to hear from Roger Love and Faisal Mirza on “Civil, Charter, and Human Rights Challenges,” part 2 of the Race and Policing Series, co-hosted by the Criminal Justice and Constitutional Civil Liberties and Human Rights (“CCLHR”) sections of the Ontario Bar Association (“OBA”). This article provides a brief summary of the program.

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Welcome from the Chair and Vice-Chair

  • 29 septembre 2020
  • Nicola Simmons and J. Andrew Sprague

A welcome message from the Chair and Vice-Chair of the CCLHR section, providing an overview of the section's anticipated activities for the upcoming year.

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Victory for Midwives as Divisional Court Dismisses Ontario’s Judicial Review Application

  • 08 juillet 2020
  • Saba Ahmad

Ontario’s midwives have won another round of litigation, in a pay equity saga stretching back almost a decade. Late last month, the Divisional Court rejected the province’s Judicial Review application of two decisions of the Human Rights Tribunal (“Tribunal”). This article summarizes the Divisional Court's decision.

Droit administratif, Droit constitutionnel, libertés civiles et droits de la personne, Student Forum

Case Note: R. v. Sulllivan

  • 23 juin 2020
  • Teddy Weinstein

Section 33.1 of the Criminal Code states a person is guilty of a violent offence, even if they were so intoxicated that they did not know what they were doing, so long as that intoxication was self-induced. This month, the Ontario Court of Appeal declared the provision of no force or effect, declaring s. 33.1 unconstitutional for violating sections 7 and 11(d) of the Charter. This note summarizes this important decision.

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