Appeal Watch: Executive Authority Trenches on Legislative Protections for Post-Secondary Student Associations in Canadian Federation of Students v Ontario
In Canadian Federation of Students v Ontario, 2021 ONCA 553 [CFS 2021], the Court of Appeal for Ontario (“the Court”) unanimously ruled that the Minister of Colleges and Universities cannot condition funding to post-secondary institutions on a student opt-out mechanism for “non-essential” ancillary fees. The Court found that this exercise of the government’s spending power […]