On May 28, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released a unanimous decision in the case of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary’s Cathedral v Aga, 2020 SCC 22 [Aga], which revolved around whether expulsion from a church could be reviewed by a court. Overturning the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”)’s decision, […]
Post 2/9 in TheCourt.ca's Judicial Biography Series (Fall 2019). Judges in my country have until they are seventy-five [before they must step down from the bench]. We are independent and have tenure until then so that we can be impartial, risk being unpopular, and be able to do things that protect minorities. Judges are not […]
In December 2017, the Canadian government announced changes to its Canada Summer Jobs ("CSJ") program that sparked debate over the program's constitutionality. CSJ is a funding subsidy designed to provide students with summer work opportunities. Under the program's new changes, organizations applying for the funding—small businesses, non-profits, and other community organizations—were required to check a […]
On January 31, the Ontario Superior Court (“ONSC”) released its decision in Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. In the first half of this two-part post, I provided a summary of the facts of the case and analyzed the Court’s reasons on standard of review and […]
On January 31, the Ontario Divisional Court released its decision in Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada v College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. In the first of this two-part post, I provide a summary of the facts of the case before analyzing the Court’s reasons on standard of review and the Applicants’ […]
The dialogue over the role that Charter values should play in administrative and judicial reasoning continues to expand and evolve. In one of my entries for TheCourt.ca last year, I assessed how the recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) in Gehl v Canada (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 319 [Gehl] fits into this larger debate. […]
Part 1 of TheCourt.ca's coverage of Ktunaxa v BC covered the decision's contribution to freedom of religion jurisprudence. In part 2, I ask: What does an obscure snowy mountain in British Columbia have to do with a much less snowy, much more famed mountain in Jerusalem?
