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In the 1920s, section 24 of the B.N.A. Act, 1867, now the Constitution Act, 1867 stated, and still states, that the Governor-General shall summon “qualified persons” to the Senate.
Emily Murphy was the wife of an Anglican minister, mother to four...
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In “A Less Private Practice: Government Lawyers and Legal Ethics”, a 2020 paper published in the Dalhousie Law Journal, Jennifer Leitch discusses the role of government lawyers amid claims for compensation relating to the St. Anne’s residential school.
It is now...
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Last week’s article looked at the 2006 Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) and the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) claims resolution process.
This was a system to provide for compensation as a result of experiences at residential schools. This system was...
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Recently, the remains of 215 children were discovered in unmarked mass graves on the site of Kamloops Residential School.
There is a sense that there may be more. That sites like this may exist elsewhere in Canada.
The school was operated by...
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She has been called Canada’s Erin Brockovich.
Erin Brockovich, of course, was the single mother whose crusade for justice was depicted in the movie bearing her name, staring Julia Roberts.
Ms. Brockovich was a law clerk. Without formal legal training, she put...
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Imagine that you have a very good case against a large player. Maybe your case is against the government for something terrible it did. Maybe it is against a large corporation for wrongful dismissal or some other wrong. Maybe it...
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The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) regulates the practice of law within the province. Recently it identified eight individuals and businesses that were misrepresenting themselves as lawyers.
The LSBC required them to sign written commitments stating that they won’t practice...
