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The Equality Effect: Recognizing 160 Girls on International Women’s Day

March 8 is International Women’s Day, and Calgary law firm Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer marked the occasion with a luncheon highlighting the work of the Equality Effect. The Equality Effect – or E2 –...

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Alberta Court of Appeal Declines to Appoint Counsel in Extradition of Jorge Sosa

Decision considered: United States of America v Sosa, 2012 ABCA 56 Emma McAuliffe wrote a blog expressing reasons why Jorge Sosa should face war crimes charges in Canada before being extradited to the...

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Alberta Human Rights Tribunal Distinguishes Lockerbie and Moves Away From...

PDF version: Alberta Human Rights Tribunal Distinguishes Lockerbie and Moves Away From Constrictive Definition of Employment   Decision considered: Pelley and Albers v Northern Gateway Regional School...

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The Alberta Election and Human Rights

Document considered: Wildrose Platform on Justice, Policing and Human Rights PDF Version: The Alberta Election and Human Rights Several human rights issues have been raised in the Alberta election...

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Kangaroo-ism

Document considered: Wildrose Platform on Justice, Policing and Human Rights PDF Version: Kangaroo-ism My colleague, Jennifer Koshan, has written a serious ABlawg post on “The Alberta Election and...

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The Safe Injection Site Precedent: Parliamentary Supremacy vs. Democratic...

Case Considered: Canada (A.G.) v PHS Community Services Society, 2011, SCC 44 PDF Version: The Safe Injection Site Precedent: Parliamentary Supremacy vs. Democratic Values? The recent SCC ruling in...

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Where does legitimate religious expression end and hate speech begin?

PDF Version: Where does legitimate religious expression end and hate speech begin? Alan Hunsberger, a Wildrose candidate who ran for election for the provincial legislature in Alberta, believes the...

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Peter Lougheed and the Constitution, Notwithstanding

PDF version: Peter Lougheed and the Constitution, Notwithstanding Commenting on: The legacy of section 33 of the Charter I am not a conservative, as anyone who knows me or reads Rate My Professor is...

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Walsh and Mobil Oil – The Long-Running Saga Continues

PDF version: Walsh and Mobil Oil – The Long-Running Saga Continues Decision commented on: Walsh v Mobil Canada, 2012 ABQB 527 After several tribunal and court proceedings, taking place over the past...

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Addictions, Human Rights and Professional Discipline – Will the SCC Wade In?

PDF version: Addictions, Human Rights and Professional Discipline – Will the SCC Wade In? Case Commented on: Wright v College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (Appeals Committee), 2012...

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I Fought the Law: Civil Disobedience and the Law in Canada

PDF version: I Fought the Law: Civil Disobedience and the Law in Canada Cases commented on: Calgary (City) v Bullock (Occupy Calgary), 2011 ABQB 764; Batty v City of Toronto, 2011 ONSC 6862; R v SA,...

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When does aggressive panhandling become robbery?

PDF version: When does aggressive panhandling become robbery? Case commented on: R v Ajang, 2012 ABCA 364  This case addresses the relationship between members of society who are homeless or poor, and...

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The Justice Minister’s Take on Current Human Rights and Civil Liberties...

PDF version: The Justice Minister’s Take on Current Human Rights and Civil Liberties Issues in Alberta On January 25, 2013, Alberta Justice Minister Jonathan Denis spoke to a crowd of about 50 people...

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Condominiums, Caregivers and Human Rights

PDF version: Condominiums, Caregivers and Human Rights Case commented on: Condominium Plan No. 9910225 v Davis, 2013 ABQB 49 Anyone who has seen the film Amour knows that caring for an ill and elderly...

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The Harm of Hate Speech: Are Media Responses Knee Jerk, Impulsive and...

PDF version: The Harm of Hate Speech: Are Media Responses Knee Jerk, Impulsive and Thoughtless? Case commented on: Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v Whatcott, 2013 SCC 11 (CanLii) It is difficult...

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Update in the Area of Family Status Discrimination

PDF version: Update in the Area of Family Status Discrimination Cases Considered: Canadian National Railway v Denise Seeley and Canadian Human Rights Commission, 2013 FC 117. In 2010, the Canadian...

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Language Protection in the Human Rights Sphere

PDF version: Language Protection in the Human Rights Sphere Cases Considered: Caron v Alberta (Chief Commissioner, Human Rights Commission), 2013 ABQB 13, and Chieriro v Michetti, 2013 AHRC 3. The...

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Roundtable on Quebec v A: Searching for Clarity on Equality

PDF version: Roundtable on Quebec v A: Searching for Clarity on Equality Decision Considered: Quebec (Attorney General) v A, 2013 SCC 5 (case summary available here). On May 13, 2013, we led the...

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The Alberta Court of Appeal and the Test for Discrimination

PDF version: The Alberta Court of Appeal and the Test for Discrimination Case commented on: Lethbridge Regional Police Service v Lethbridge Police Association, 2013 ABCA 47, leave to appeal denied,...

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Arbitration, Disability and Human Rights Cases

PDF version: Arbitration, Disability and Human Rights Cases Case commented on: AUPE v Alberta, 2013 ABCA 212. This case involves the fairly technical issue of whether, in Alberta, a grievance...

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