Recorded on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Runnymede Society's 2019 Law & Freedom conference. Featuring Andrew Coyne, Carissima Mathen, Emmet Macfarlane, Dwight Newman and Geoff Sigalet (moderator). In September 2018, the Government of Ontario proposed the use of the notwithstanding clause to override a court decision that invalidated legislation...
What are Charter Values?
Charter values have become a topic of intense debate. This debate recently surfaced in the Supreme Court’s decision on the proposed law school at Trinity Western University. The Court found that, in balancing the Charter value of equality against religious freedom in s. 2(a) of the Charter, it was reasonable...
Religious Freedom: Taking stock of the state of constitutional protections in Canada & the U.S.
Recorded on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Runnymede Society's 2019 Law & Freedom conference. Featuring Adam Goldenberg, Prof. Anna Su and Brian Bird. Adam Goldenberg is a trial and appellate lawyer at McCarthy Tétrault LLP and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Toronto. He acts in...
Judges interpreting laws: Do the words even matter anymore? (Law & Freedom 2019)
Recorded on Friday, January 11, 2019 at the Runnymede Society's 2019 Law & Freedom conference. Featuring Justice David Stratas in conversation with Asher Honickman. The Hon. David Stratas was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal in 2009 and to the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada in 2012. He...
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