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Denise Reaume, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Those who follow this blog will have seen Cara Davies’ posts about recent efforts by Conservative federal MPs to introduce new legislation designed ultimately to restrict abortion. The Current also recently interviewed Conservative backbenchers Stephen Woodworth and Brad Trost on the continuing appetite within the Conservative caucus
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March 3rd, 2012
Audrey Macklin, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto In the wake of all the publicity about the Minister of Immigration’s decree that no one shall be allowed to go through the citizenship ceremony with her face covered, I thought I’d find out how the ban on face coverings was authorized in law. It appears that
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February 16th, 2012
Cara Davies, LL.M. Another medical report has been published confirming that abortion does not increase a woman’s risk of mental health problems, contradicting the claims of many anti-abortion groups. The report, “Induced Abortion and Mental Health: A Systemic Review of the Mental Health Outcomes of Induced Abortion, Including their Prevalence and Associated Factors” was prepared
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December 28th, 2011
By Jennifer Koshan Legislation considered: Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act (“Ending the Long-gun Registry Act”), 41st Parliament, 1st Session December 6, 2011 is the National Day of Remembrance for Violence Against Women, which marked the 22nd anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. The Globe and Mail’s Jane Taber
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December 6th, 2011
Laura Track, West Coast Leaf What is the role of the state in the bedrooms of the nation? The Supreme Court of British Columbia has handed down the latest word on this question in its decision upholding Canada’s criminal law against polygamy. In his decision in Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of
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November 26th, 2011
The Canadian Judicial Council released the following statement today, Nov. 11, 20011: Ottawa, 9 November 2011 – The Canadian Judicial Council announced today the results of its review of complaints made against the Honourable Robert Dewar of the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench. The complaints focused on comments made by Justice Dewar after finding Mr
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November 11th, 2011
Denise Reaume, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto An editorial in The Guardian recently welcomes various signs of a rebirth in feminist activism in the UK. One particularly noteworthy development is an organization called UK Feminista, which holds summer school workshops on women’s issues. Sounds very hopeful, and makes one wonder whether a similar initiative
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August 7th, 2011
Denise Réaume Faculty of Law, University of Toronto The Supreme Court’s decision in Alberta (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development) v. Cunningham, 2011SCC 37 confirms the worst fears of equality advocates worried that the Court’s recent pronouncements on s. 15(2) in R. v. Kapp, [2008] 2 S.C.R. 483 might open up a loophole that government lawyers
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July 22nd, 2011
The Ontario Court of Appeal today released its precedent-setting decision in R. v. L.B., a case involving the interpretation of the offence of infanticide in the Criminal Code. The Court considered the following question: Where the Crown charges murder instead of infanticide when a mother has killed her newly-born child, is the lesser sentence for
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March 2nd, 2011
WCC followers will be interested in this post by Jennifer Koshan on ABlawg: In March 2010, the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO) undertook a study on violence against Aboriginal Women. It held meetings in Ottawa in April 2010, and travelled to various communities across Canada in 2010 and early
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January 31st, 2011
