If you are going to be in Ottawa on March 4, 2020, you can come to my inaugural lecture (and reception), at the University of Ottawa (Fauteux Hall, Room 302, 57 Louis Pasteur Private, Ottawa K1N 6N5, at 5pm). Sign up here. Here is the abstract: We live in a world of increasing complexity, submerged […] Read more
I have posted “The Vavilov Framework and the Future of Canadian Administrative Law” to SSRN: This paper is the first comprehensive analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Vavilov v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2019 SCC 65. Here, the Supreme Court rewrote its administrative law jurisprudence, aiming to bring clarity and coherence to […] Read more
Every year from 2020 I will be organizing an Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium (funded by the University Research Chair in Administrative Law & Governance) at the University of Ottawa. Students can take the Colloquium for credit (more details below). Here is the schedule for 2020: Professor Gillian Metzger, Stanley H. Fuld Professor of Law, […] Read more
I’ve been reading and listening closely (or, at least, as closely as time will allow) to the post-Vavilov output of Canadian courts and commentators. I have been struck by a number of things. First, some people are very confident that they are absolutely sure what the effects of Vavilov will be. For my part, although […] Read more
The first of this year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium kicks off next week with Professor Gillian Metzger (Columbia) on the topic of “Legitimacy”: Monday February 24, FTX 137 (First floor, Fauteux Hall, 57 Louis Pasteur, K1N 6N5), 17:00 to 19:00. All are welcome to attend — there will even be pizza. Discussion will turn […] Read more
More details will follow in due course, but readers may appreciate knowing that on Monday, April 20, I am organizing a day-long conference on Vavilov, to take place in the Desmarais Building at the University of Ottawa (with support from the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue, the Centre for Public Law and the Health Policy […] Read more
