Mobility

Travel Bans in Taylor v Newfoundland and Labrador: Locating an Interprovincial Mobility Right

Taylor v Newfoundland and Labrador
marks the first case wherein the Supreme Court of Canada has heard a constitutional challenge borne out of an emergency measure adopted during the COVID-19 crisis. In Taylor, the SCC contemplated where an interprovincial mobility right is located within section 6 of the Charter.

SCC Rules that the Right to Mobility is not Engaged in Divito v Canada

In a decision released last month, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously dismissed Pierino Divito’s appeal to serve his American prison sentence in Canada. Divito, an infamous mobster linked to organized crime in Montreal has had his fair share of legal trouble. In fact, the Supreme Court decision itself cites convictions going as far back […]