2022

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Resisting which Siren’s Call? Auer v Auer, 2022 ABCA 375 and TransAlta Generation Partnership v Alberta (Minister of Municipal Affairs), 2022 ABCA 381

In a pair of decisions this week the Alberta Court of Appeal has tackled the question of the framework for judicial review of regulations: Auer v. Auer, 2022 ABCA 375 and TransAlta Generation Partnership v. Alberta (Minister of Municipal Affairs), 2022 ABCA 381. In both instances — Governor-in-Council regulations on support payments in Auer, ministerial […] Read more

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OBA Annual Update on Judicial Review

Justice Stratas and I will be presenting at the Ontario Bar Association’s Annual Update On Judicial Review tomorrow (registration for the webcast is here). Here is the bill of fare: The Supreme Court: Undue Delay, International Law and the Standard of Review Law Society of Saskatchewan v. Abrametz, 2022 SCC 29 Society of Composers, Authors […] Read more

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Concurrent Jurisdiction: How Broad is the Entertainment Software Association Exception?

In Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized a “rare” and “exceptional” new category of matters requiring correctness review, namely “when courts and administrative bodies have concurrent first instance jurisdiction over a legal issue in a statute” (at para. 28). […] Read more

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Artificial Intelligence Accountability of Public Administration in Canada

With co-author Brandon Orct I prepared the country report on Canada for the “Artficial Intelligence Accountability” stream for this year’s General Congress of the International Academy for Comparative Law. Our report is available now on SSRN: This is the country report on “Artificial Intelligence Accountability” prepared in respect of Canada for the International Academy of […] Read more

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New Paper — The Rise of Facts in Public Law

With my excellent former research assistant, Kseniya Kudischeva, I have prepared a chapter for a forthcoming volume edited by Anne Carter and Joe Tomlinson on Facts in Public Law Adjudication. Our chapter is “The Rise of Facts in Public Law“: In Commonwealth jurisdictions, judges have traditionally been reluctant to grapple with factual issues in public […] Read more