Human Rights

British Columbia v Council of Canadians with Disabilities: Deciding Public Interest Standing

In British Columbia (Attorney General) v Council of Canadians with Disabilities, 2022 SCC 27 [Council of Canadians SCC], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) clarified how courts should apply the legal test for deciding whether to grant or deny public interest standing. Public interest standing is “an aspect of the law of standing” that “allows individuals […]

United Nurses of Alberta v Alberta Health Services: Test for discrimination in family status cases remains unsettled

Disability Rights Coalition v Nova Scotia: Unnecessary Institutionalization is Discrimination, NSCA Finds

Northern Regional Health Authority v Horrocks: Exclusive vs. Concurrent Jurisdiction for Labour Arbitrators

Longueépée v University of Waterloo: Demarcating the Duty to Accommodate in University Admissions for Students with Previously Undiagnosed & Unaccommodated Disabilities

Transnational Canadian Corporations Can Be Liable Under Customary International Law For Human Rights Abuses: The Phoenix Flies in Nevsun v Araya

Content warning: mention of slavery, torture, false confinement, murder, and rape Can Canadian courts adjudicate international human rights violations committed by Canadian companies abroad? Usually, the spectre of limited corporate liability within an asymmetrical transnational legal regime precludes this and allows such abuses to continue. However, in an unprecedented decision released in February 2020, a […]

Lascaris v. B’nai Brith Canada: SCC Leave to Appeal Denied

The Scope of the Federal Criminal Law Power in the Reference re Genetic Non-Discrimination Act

SCC to Determine Constitutionality of Administrative Segregation

Genetic Non-Discrimination Act Reference: What’s the difference between a genetic test and a biopsy?