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National Magazine is the official periodical of the Canadian Bar Association and covers the latest trends and developments affecting the legal profession and the practice of law, as well as the latest news regarding the association and its activities.
National - Conscription in Canada
Jun 6, 2024 · After decades of relative quiet, talk of conscription and national service is suddenly making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. This is not surprising, given the world looks more dangerous than ever since the Cold War.
National - Advancing reconciliation in the law no easy road
Dec 20, 2024 · The gap between a right and a remedy for its violation reveals a significant barrier to the UNDRIP Act’s success in advancing reconciliation in the law.. Former Justice Minister David Lametti told the Canadian Bar Association in a 2022 interview that he believed the recently passed United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act would impact law in the same way as the ...
National - Concern for the future of the Charter
Dec 10, 2024 · Concened by the increasing use of the notwithstanding clause by provincial governments and threats to do so by a potential future federal government, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association is sounding the alarm. The group has launched the Save Our Charter campaign to build public and political ...
National - Year in review through the eyes of our readers
Dec 29, 2023 · 10. Canada mustn’t rush into legislating AI. The federal government wants to be the first to implement an AI regulatory framework. Critics want it to press the reset button and focus on getting it right.
National - Canada's shift to circular economy - National Magazine
Feb 29, 2024 · Legislating a right to repair for consumers. National Magazine is the official periodical of the Canadian Bar Association and covers the latest trends and developments affecting the legal profession and the practice of law, as well as the latest news regarding the association and its activities.
National - Be it resolved - National Magazine
Feb 9, 2024 · Policy Committee Chair Tom Ullyett presided over a debate on 13 resolutions at this year’s AGM. Resolution 24-04-A calls on the CBA to take several measures to confront systemic discrimination, harassment and violence against 2STNBGD+ people. Failure to address these issues can have devastating consequences by continuing …
National - Novel and justiciable - National Magazine
Feb 5, 2024 · Long-shot legal actions — “novel claims,” to use the phrase preferred by judges — sometimes pay off in ways no one expected. Back in December, the Federal Court of Appeal issued a unanimous decision to revive two challenges of federal government climate policy — one brought by 15 young people from across Canada (the La Rose claim) and one brought by two groups that form part of the ...
National - Overdoing the notwithstanding clause - National …
Sep 6, 2022 · Law Rule of law Overdoing the override clause. Undermining fundamental rights through repeated use of section 33 misses the entire point of having an entrenched Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
National - Keeping the Katz in the bag
Nov 9, 2024 · In a pair of decisions on Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upheld that the presumption of a standard of review of reasonableness in the Vavilov framework does apply when the validity of subordinate legislation is being challenged.. The Court also found that the previous jurisprudence in Katz remains good law when it …