The long-running B.C. constitutional trial over the provincial provision of Medicare has focused a klieg light on the worst of the legal profession’s foibles — its love of sport. Lawyers are competitive by nature, and their sporting theory of justice is never more on display than when they enter a
New for Constitution Day 2017, a Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) survey looks at Canadians’ knowledge and views of our Constitution and how they would change it. News releases covering individual topics can be found at the following links: New poll: Canadians open to amending the Constitution New poll: Canadians lukewarm
From adding property rights to the Charter, to abolishing the Senate, to ending the equality rights exception for affirmative action programs, Canadians are remarkably open to supporting amendments to our Constitution. According to a new Ipsos poll commissioned by the Canadian Constitution Foundation to mark the 150th Anniversary of Canada’s
In the midst of a spring break, B.C. Supreme Court Justice John Steeves says it will be autumn before we hear the government’s defence of medical waiting lists. Roughly a decade after the constitutional challenge to prohibitions on private and insured access to needed core medical services was launched, the
Finance Minister Joe Ceci announced last Thursday the Government of Alberta’s intention to create a new program for craft distilleries “based on” the existing Alberta Small Brewers Development Program. Despite a positive reception from some Alberta distillers who have lobbied the government for years for such a program, this move,
Donald Trump’s election promise to tear up trade agreements seems to have unleashed the Liberal Party’s inner Milton Friedman. Since November, Ottawa has seen the most passionate defence of free trade from a non-conservative party in more than a century, with the prime minister and his cabinet taking every opportunity
It’s important to safeguard Canadians’ health, right? Via National Post
Below is the full text of Chief Justice Joyal’s keynote address at the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s 2017 Law and Freedom Conference. This presentation was titled “The Charter and Canada’s New Political Culture: Are We All Ambassadors Now?” and was given on January 6, 2017. A video of this speech can
Alberta is all abuzz. Rachel Notley is back from her trip to Washington, D.C. She was there to advocate for our province’s economic interests against the rising tide of American trade protectionism and to explain how trade with Alberta benefits both us and the U.S. She’s right. Protectionism is harmful
