Year : 2019

Debate: The presumption of innocence and the courts of public opinion

Featuring lawyers Annamaria Enenajor and Michael Spratt. Recorded on January 12, 2019 at the Runnymede Society's Law and Freedom conference. To what extent should the presumption of innocence, a fundamental principle of criminal proceedings, apply outside of a court of law? Should the presumption have the same force in the...

Saturday keynote: Claire Lehmann of Quillette

Recorded on January 12, 2019 at the Runnymede Society's Law and Freedom conference. Claire Lehmann is a writer, editor, and entrepreneur. She is the founding editor of Quillette, an international online magazine which specialises in long-form commentary on culture, politics, and science. Her own writing has been published locally and...

Notwithstanding Clause: Dead Letter or Loaded Gun?

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...

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