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Release: Charter Challenge to Law Society’s mandatory Statement of Principles takes on new urgency

On Friday, the Law Society of Upper Canada soundly rejected a motion proposed by Joseph Groia, a prominent Toronto lawyer and bencher of the Law Society, to create an exemption to the new mandatory Statement of Principles for persons who believe the requirement violates their freedom of conscience. This leaves…

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Release: Amended Application filed in support of Charter challenge to Law Society’s mandatory Statement of Principles

Release: Amended Application filed in support of Charter challenge to Law Society’s mandatory Statement of Principles

Calgary, Alberta—The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) announced the filing of an Amended Application in the Charter challenge brought by Dr. Ryan Alford against the Law Society of Upper Canada’s requirement that licensees draft and endorse a personal “Statement of Principles.” The amended application can be found here. More information about…

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Christie Blatchford: It’s 1984 all over again for Ontario lawyers arguing against compelled speech

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How amusing it is that the case most cited in the current discussion (it is, I grant you, a small discussion) about the Law Society of Upper Canada’s egregious foray into compelled speech is a Supreme Court of Canada number from 1984, the very title of George Orwell’s creepy novel…

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