Most read articles of 2021
The past year was defined by our struggle to handle a mutating virus, the work of reconciliation, fears about privacy, and facing our climate responsibility. At least, that’s what our most popular reads of the year tell us.
Should we recognize privacy as a human right?
By Agnese Smith
A rights-based approach, like in the EU, would serve as a more effective check on technology's potential dangers.
What is a reasonable limit on our right to travel?
By Yves Faguy
Our mobility rights under Section 6 of the Charter are receiving unusual attention. That’s because imposing travel bans is easier said than done.
A call to reckoning
By Brad Regehr
It’s time for Canada's government to treat the response to the TRC’s Calls to Action as a national priority.
The wrong precedent
By Dale Smith
Should the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal be able to grant individual remedies for systemic discrimination against on-reserve First Nations children?
What are we looking for in our judges?
By Doug Beazley
The application process is a big part of the reason why the quest for greater judicial diversity remains so elusive.
What's the end game?
By Dale Smith
Thinking about the long-term implications of vaccine certificates.
Canada's web of mandatory minimum sentences
By Justin Ling
The courts cannot confront alone the growing patchwork of sentencing rules across the country.
Interview with CBA President Stephen Rotstein
By Brigitte Pellerin
The new CBA President discusses his priorities for the year 2021-2022, his focus on well-being and the challenges facing the legal profession as we emerge from the pandemic.
Respecting pronouns is a professional responsibility
By Samantha Peters
The legal profession is slowly making progress in the use of appropriate gendered language.
Irrational lawmaking
By Camden Hutchison
The government has failed to make the case that banning legal handguns is a solution to tackling violent crime.
A missed opportunity?
By Yves Faguy
By narrowly framing carbon pricing as matter of national concern, the SCC takes great pains to balance provincial and federal legislative powers. Critics say it could have done more.
Using critical race theory to form lawyers
By Doug Beazley
Why teaching CRT encourages a more practical approach to practising law.
The new cannabis?
By Luis Millán
The drive towards allowing psychedelics such as magic mushrooms for some uses is gaining momentum.
A democratic check on Section 33
By Doug Beazley
Some ideas on how to reverse the erosion of the political taboo against the use of the notwithstanding clause.
Careful when regulating web giants as broadcasters
By Dale Smith
Bill C-10 is hardly Orwellian, but it is a clumsy overreach into regulating expression.
Legal tech to the rescue
By Julie Sobowale
The legal industry has shown it can adapt to disruption. But it has further to go in partnering with alternative service providers.
"Law is always political"
By Yves Faguy
Teagan Markin on the political nature of law, how to challenge our institutions and why the pandemic could turn out to be a radicalizing event.
An absolute right
By Max Binks-Collier
A professor’s one-man constitutional challenge raises fundamental questions about parliamentary privilege and the ability of legislators to deliberate and hold the executive to account on matters of national security.
The harm done
By Dale Smith
How the dissent in the Ward ruling could influence the debate around legislation on harmful content online.
Pledges upon pledges
By Holly Lake
To hold the government's feet to the fire on climate action, we need enforceable rules.
Creating a space for Indigenous laws to flourish
By Brigitte Pellerin
The federal government is committing $10 million over five years to advance Indigenous laws in Canada.
