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A discussion on the balance between religious freedom and access to justice in the light of a recent case.

The Federal Court of Appeal has reversed a landmark 2025 ruling on the application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canadian law, determining that UNDRIP is not immediately incorporated into domestic legal frameworks. This decision upholds a nuclear waste landfill approval while clarifying that regulatory tribunals are not responsible for ensuring federal law consistency with UNDRIP when assessing consultation duties. The Supreme Court of Canada will soon address this

On June 16, Canada's Senate voted to pass Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (the UNDRIP Act or the Act), into law.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's July 20, 2015 judgment in Frank v. Canada has attracted significant media attention.

Today, the federal government introduced in Parliament Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Traditionally considered under the purview of voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR"), Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") norms or "soft law".

Can a service provider, such as the City of Toronto, be found in breach of the Human Rights Code R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19 where one customer makes racial slurs to another customer....

The Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the "Act") came into force on January 1, 2024, implementing enhanced...

It has been almost 5 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), led by former Justice and now Manitoba Senator Murray Sinclair...

A recent successful claim by a person with obsessive compulsive disorder and germaphobia confirms that the scope of the legal obligation under Canadian law to accommodate persons with disabilities continues to expand.

I am a descendent of the Underground Railroad. My ancestors were captured by enslavers and made to labour on American plantations. Our collective existence was sustained by their unknown courage.

Welcome to our newest edition of the School Board Update. In this Update we review a recent decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Tribunal) concerning allegations of discrimination with respect...

On December 13th, 2010, the Court of Appeal of Québec rendered an important decision in the case D.C. v. The Queen1 on a criminal law matter where the liability of an HIV-positive person was at issue because of the non-disclosure of her serologic status to her sexual partner.

The issue of solitary confinement has been long-standing in Canada. Solitary confinement is meant to be ordered on a temporary basis, not on an indefinite one.

As the Child and Family Services ("CFS") landscape continues to evolve, First Nation Representatives play an important role in advocating for the rights of First Nations...

On January 3, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court ordered that Solid Gold Resources Corp. ("Solid Gold"), a junior mining exploration company.

Can alleged victims of forced labour and torture at the hands of a foreign state sue a Canadian company in Canada for alleged complicity with those harms? In Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya et al.,

On Monday, February 12, 2024, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) released its highly anticipated decision in Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2024 ONCA 101.