Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Nouveaux droits des passagers aériens au Canada) There have been many media reports in recent years about the plight of Canadian airline passengers being denied boarding, having their flights delayed or cancelled, or having to wait… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : L’homologation des pesticides au Canada) Pesticides – or pest control products – are substances used to control living organisms that are considered harmful. For this reason, these substances can sometimes pose health and environmental risks. In… Read More ›
Reading Time: 3 minutes (Disponible en français : Résumé – L’aide médicale à mourir au Canada après l’arrêt Carter c. Canada) In February 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada released Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) (the Carter decision), an important decision about the law on assisted dying. The… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes (Disponible en français : Une nouvelle solidarité internationale : la Déclaration de New York pour les réfugiés et les migrants) The United Nations (UN) reports that, between 2000 and 2017, the total number of people moving internationally and living in… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Les obligations environnementales avant les créanciers, dit la Cour suprême du Canada) In a decision handed down on 31 January 2019 in Orphan Well Association v. Grant Thornton Ltd., the Supreme Court of Canada (the Court)… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Les changements climatiques du point de vue des droits de la personne : que dit le droit canadien?) Human rights-based cases challenging governments for insufficient action on climate change are on the rise worldwide. More than… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Lutte au blanchiment à la neige : les premiers pas du Canada vers un registre des bénéficiaires effectifs) Beneficial Ownership and Money Laundering When a criminal activity generates substantial profits, the individual or group involved inevitably attempts… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes (Disponible en français : Le pilotage maritime au Canada : en route vers la modernisation de la Loi sur le pilotage?) Note: This publication was updated in September, 2020: Marine Pilotage in Canada: En Route to Modernizing the Pilotage Act… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Législation fédérale concernant les personnes handicapées : la situation actuelle) Note: This publication was updated in December, 2018: Update — Federal Legislation affecting People with Disabilities: Where We Are Today A Move towards a Canadians with… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Troisième examen périodique universel du Canada devant le Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies) On 11 May, Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General will lead a delegation of senior federal civil servants and representatives… Read More ›