I am working on a paper on s. 96 of the Canadian Constitution. Here is a first taste of a very first draft…. Section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867 seems innocuous – an “uninstructed reading of the section itself” reveals little[1] – providing simply that judges of the superior courts (and the now defunct […] Read more

My preoccupation with the internal standard of review issue has led me to wonder whether it would even be constitutionally permissible for a Canadian legislature to require an administrative body to conduct judicial reviews. The idea is not entirely far-fetched: the UK’s new tribunal system has just this feature, with the Upper Tribunal required on […] Read more

They love their hockey up in Québec City, but have had nothing to love in the major leagues since the Nordiques decamped to Colorado in the mid-90s. Efforts are afoot to revive the local brand. One of the elements is a stadium, financed in part by the City of Québec and the provincial government. The […] Read more