If I were now a Quebec broker… Implications of Societe en commandite Place Mullins v Services immobiliers Diane Bisson Inc.

It is not every Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) case that deals with situations which thousands of Canadians encounter daily, and it is not every decision that has the potential to have immediate implications. Societe en commandite Place Mullins v Services immobiliers Diane Bisson Inc, [2015] SCC 36 [Place Mullins], however, is just such a […]

R v Kokopenace: Missed Opportunity for Action

Overrepresented in Jails, Underrepresented in Juries Since the 1970s, Grassy Narrows First Nation reserve has become synonymous with mercury poisoning and the associated health effects. By any measurement, the residents of the reserve have had a rough deal handed to them. In 2007, Grassy Narrows was also the site of a murder, the details of […]