There is a very brief discussion in a recent Alberta Court of Appeals decision, Kretschmer v Terrigno, 2012 ABCA 345, of the relationship between the rule against bias and imputed conflicts of interest. The most interesting point to emerge is that the rule against bias, applied to adjudicators, may be less demanding than the rules […] Read more

Plenty of cyberink has already been spilled on the removal from office yesterday of Toronto mayor, Rob Ford. Hackland J.’s decision has aroused surprise, support, calls for reform of Ontario’s Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, and, worst of all, bad sporting metaphors. While Hackland J.’s conclusions and interpretive approach are perfectly respectable, I do not […] Read more

An interesting decision from the Federal Court of Canada today, the latest installment in a long-running labour relations saga at Canada Post.The Conservative federal government intervened last year to compel Canada Post workers to go back on the job. One component of the back-to-work legislation was that a “final offer” arbitrator would be appointed. Both […] Read more