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Freedom Of Peaceful Assembly And Section 2(C) Of The Charter: Report For The Public Order Emergency Commission, Jamie Cameron
Freedom Of Peaceful Assembly And Section 2(C) Of The Charter: Report For The Public Order Emergency Commission, Jamie Cameron
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Those who participated in the 2022 protest convoy were exercising their rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when the federal government declared an emergency, creating a large secure zone and dispersing the truckers’ demonstration. These rights, including and especially freedom of peaceful assembly, form the backdrop to consideration of the federal government’s decision to declare an emergency under the Emergencies Act and enact regulations for bringing the demonstrations to an end.
Though it is one of the Charter’s fundamental freedoms, s.2(c)’s freedom of peaceful assembly received little or no attention in the first 40 years of …
Procedural Injustice: Indigenous Claims, Limitation Periods, And Laches, Kent Mcneil, Thomas Enns
Procedural Injustice: Indigenous Claims, Limitation Periods, And Laches, Kent Mcneil, Thomas Enns
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When Indigenous peoples go to court to seek justice for the historical wrongs they have endured, the Crown often tries to prevent their claims from even being heard by pleading statutes of limitations and laches. The application of these barriers raises serious constitution issues that have been taken account of by the Supreme Court only in the context of declarations of constitutional invalidity. Arguments based on the constitutional division of powers and section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 have not been addressed by the Court. As a result, limitations statutes that vary from province to province have been applied …
Resetting The Foundations: Renewing Freedom Of Expression Under Section 2(B) Of The Charter, Jamie Cameron
Resetting The Foundations: Renewing Freedom Of Expression Under Section 2(B) Of The Charter, Jamie Cameron
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The 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on April 17, 2022 is a time for reckoning, and an opportunity to ready s.2’s fundamental freedoms for the future. In particular, this article offers a moment of pause to invest in s.2(b)’s guarantee of expressive freedom and its renewal. The discussion begins by addressing s.2(b)’s “fault lines”, which are embedded in the jurisprudence at both stages of the analysis – breach as well as justification. What then follows is a proposal for renewal that begins, under s.2(b), with a theory or principle of freedom and a revised …
The Text And The Ballot Box: S.3, S.33 And The Right To Cast An Informed Vote, Jamie Cameron
The Text And The Ballot Box: S.3, S.33 And The Right To Cast An Informed Vote, Jamie Cameron
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Section 33, which empowers legislatures to override most of the Charter’s fundamental rights and guarantees, has resurfaced in recent years and more ominously, as a rights-negating mechanism. The relationship between s.33 and the Charter’s non-derogable rights is one issue that has arisen under s.33 legislation enacted by Quebec and Ontario. In Ontario, Bill 307’s use of the override to reinstate unconstitutional restrictions on third party political advertising also engages the democratic rights of voters protected by s.3 of the Charter. In marking the first time override legislation forms the backdrop to s.3’s interpretation, Working Families v. Ontario …
Resetting The Foundations: Renewing Freedom Of Expression Under Section S.2(B) Of The Charter, Jamie Cameron
Resetting The Foundations: Renewing Freedom Of Expression Under Section S.2(B) Of The Charter, Jamie Cameron
Articles & Book Chapters
The 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on April 17, 2022 is a time for reckoning, and an opportunity to ready s.2’s fundamental freedoms for the future. In particular, this article offers a moment of pause to invest in s.2(b)’s guarantee of expressive freedom and its renewal. The discussion begins by addressing s.2(b)’s “fault lines”, which are embedded in the jurisprudence at both stages of the analysis – breach as well as justification. What then follows is a proposal for renewal that begins, under s.2(b), with a theory or principle of freedom and a revised …