Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of Manitoba Chapter for a lecture on the nature of the judicial role in Canada with Professor Ryan Alford (Lakehead University) on Friday, February 6th. Prof. Alford returns to the University of Manitoba following a series of well-attended lectures. Known for his rigorous analysis...
Checks and Balances in Constitutional Interpretation
Please join the Runnymede Society’s Vancouver Lawyer Chapter for an intimate talk about checks and balances in constitutional interpretation by none other than retired Supreme Court of Canada Justice Marshall Rothstein at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on Monday, November 17th! Register by scanning the QR code or clicking here.
Know Your Rights Workshop
Please join the Runnymede Society’s Guelph Student Chapter for an interactive legal workshop exploring fundamental constitutional rights in Canada on Monday, October 20th! The session will feature a lecture on Section 33 of the Charter to help students understand their rights and the role of the “notwithstanding clause” in relation...
Exposing a Bad Trick: Why Quebec’s Bill 96 Cannot Amend the Canadian Constitution
Section 159 of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the offıcial and common language of Québec, purports to amend the Constitution Act, 1867, and therefore the Canadian Constitution, by introducing two new articles, “90Q.1” and 90Q.2”, respectively, providing that “Quebecers form a nation” and that “French is the only offıcial...
Are the Historical and Philosophical Approaches to the Constitution Compatible? (University of Manitoba)
Join us on November 21st at noon to hear from Professor Ryan Alford of Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law. “Professor Alford received his doctorate in public, constitutional, and international law from the University of South Africa. He recently published two books on the subject of the rule of...
The Great Depression and Canada’s Originalist Decade (Online Lecture)
Join us for an online lecture by Professor Preston Jordan Lim on his upcoming paper, “The Great Depression and Canada’s Originalist Decade,” on Wednesday November 20th at 12-1 PM PST. This event is presented by the Runnymede Society’s Vancouver Lawyer Chapter and accredited by the Law Society of British Columbia....
Is the Law Society’s Statement of Principles an unjustified form of compelled speech?
This debate was recorded on January 13, 2018 at the Runnymede Society's 2018 Law and Freedom conference. DEBATE: Be it resolved that the Law Society's Statement of Principles is an unjustified form of compelled speech. PRO: Marni Soupcoff (writer, policy analyst), Bruce Pardy (Queen's University Faculty of Law). CON: Adam...
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