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Appeals Watch: Public or Private Law? SCC grants leave in Langford Sharp v Autorité des marchés financiers

On April 22, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) granted leave to an application for appeal in the Quebec Court of Appeal’s (“QCCA”) decision in Langford Sharp v Autorité des marchés financiers 2021 QCCA 1364 (“Langford”). The case concerns the appropriate standard of review when assessing the decisions of financial regulators and the role […]

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 […]