December 30, 2015
Femicide is predictable and preventable but we need to name the problem
Publication: Feminist Current
Elizabeth Sheehy, Common Law
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Femicide is predictable and preventable but we need to name the problem
Publication: Feminist Current
Elizabeth Sheehy, Common Law
Canadians' Internet traffic at risk
Publication: Toronto Star
This article mentions that Michael Geist, Common Law Section, edited the recently released book Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era writen by Andrew Clement and Jonathan A. Obar.
A look at the roots of recent unrest in Corsica
Publication: France 24
John Packer, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, discusses the tensions in Corsica.
Syria and Iraq need far more from Canada than airstrikes
Publication: iPolitics
In this Op-Ed, Errol Mendes, Common Law Section, discusses Canada's role in the Syria and Iraq conflict.
Maybe purging parties from the Senate isn’t such a hot idea, Mr. Trudeau
Publication: iPolitics
Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, comments on the federal government’s Senate reform plan. "The benefit of partisanship is that it enables the organization of individual members into different permanent blocs that make conducting business more manageable. In short, partisanship facilitates the efficient transaction of legislative business."
Doctors now free to offer aid in dying, Quebec medical regulator says
Publication: National Post
Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, comments on the legislation on physician-assisted dying in Quebec.
Publication : National Post
Kim Pate, Common Law Section, comments on the implications of the potential strike by the corrections branch of the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union (OPSEU).
The New Era of Canadian Sex Work
Publication: CityTV - Vice
(13:38-14:45) A law student was interviewed regarding Bill C-36, which regulates prostitution in Canada.
The Year in Tech Law and Digital Brouhaha, from A to Z
Publication: The Tyee
In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses the law and technology issues that garnered headlines in 2015.
Why Canada's high drug prices are about to soar higher: Geist
Publication: Toronto Star
In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses the effects that recent trade agreements such as the Canada – EU Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will have on the cost of pharmaceuticals in Canada. "Yet despite the costly state of affairs, the government is set to reward the industry with even stronger protections that will result in an extension of the higher prices."
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Scientists ponder how to create AI that won't destroy us
Publication: MSN Canada
Ian Kerr, Common Law Section, comments on the legal landscape that would surround advanced artificial intelligence (AI). "It would be very difficult in some cases to bring an algorithm to the fore in the context of a legal proceeding. I think it would be a tremendous challenge."
The cellphone spyware the police don't want to acknowledge
Publication: Toronto Star
Ian Kerr, Common Law Section, comments on issues surrounding potential police use of a type of high-tech surveillance equipment called “stingrays”, which allow the user to listen in on nearby cellphone conversations and text messages.
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Shell, WWF heads join call for Trudeau to green the economy
Publication: iPolitics
Stewart Elgie, Common Law Section and Chair of Sustainable Prosperity, comments on the creation of Smart Posperity, a new initiative involving twenty economic, environmental and social leaders, inlcuding the heads of Shell Canada and World Wildlife Fund-Canada. “[We] were really surprised to discover just how much agreement there was about the need for Canada to link environmental and economic progress.”
How to defuse the battle over Uber: Geist
Publication: Toronto Star
In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses the public conflict between official Taxi services and ride-sharing services like Uber. "The future of the industry does not lie in keeping drivers out of the market, but rather from trying to beat Uber at its own game."
Syrian Refugees to Arrive in Toronto
Publication: CTV News
In honour of International Human Rights Day, John Packer, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, discusses the new chapter that is beginning for the Syrian refugees arriving in Canada.
Finally, a long-overlooked update to Senate reform is here
Publication: The Globe and Mail
In this Op-Ed, Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses Prime Minister Trudeau's planned Senate reform and the topic of residency requirements of Senators.
The cure for medicare: Don't privatize — modernize
Publication: iPolitics
In this Op-Ed, Colleen M. Flood and Bryan Thomas, Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, discuss the Canadian national medicare.
Could Canadians who watch the U.S. version of Netflix face new rules?
Publication: Global News Canada
Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses the rules surrounding Canadian usage of U.S Netflix in wake of the briefing notes, recently made public by the federal government, that identify “copyright infringement using virtual private networks” and “hybrid legal/illegal offer of online content” as emerging issues that Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly should be aware of.
'It's women who are going to die': 80% of domestic homicide victims are female
Publication: Calgary Herald
Elizabeth Sheehy, Common Law Section, discusses cases of domestic violence leading to murder and her book Defending Battered Women on Trial, which examines domestic homicide cases in which women had been abused by their partners. “A good percentage of cases involve women who were living in violent and terrifying relationships and the legal record doesn’t always reveal that fact. Sometimes you have guilty pleas and the evidence is submerged.”
The next steps in immigration reform
Publication: Embassy News
In this Op-Ed, Jamie Liew, Common Law Section, discusses the Canadian immigration system and the Liberal government’s potential impact on related policy. "The overall impression is that this new Minister will seek more democratic and accountable methods of introducing and implementing new immigration, refugee and citizenship policies."
As an academic, Liberal MP critiqued TPP copyright rule he may have to support
Publication: iPolitics
Michael Geist, Common Law Section, comments on the Transpacific Partnership.
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Trudeau’s high-risk, high-reward approach to the climate file
Publication: iPolitics
In this Op-Ed, Nathalie Chalifour, Common Law Section, discusses the emphasis of climate and the environment featured in last Friday’s throne speech.
Set the data free, Mr. Trudeau
Publication: iPolitics
Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses the emphasis on open and transparent government in the throne speech. "An open government plan that only addresses the information that government wants to make available, rather than all of the information to which the public is entitled, is not an open plan."
Get ready for a 180-turn in federal justice policy
Publication: iPolitics
In this Op-Ed, Rosemary Cairns Way,Common Law Section, discusses the Liberal government's throne speech and the mandate letter for the Minister of Justice. "It is the legalization of marijuana which has the potential to be the most transformative policy on the Justice minister’s plate. Decriminalization would have been far simpler."
There’s more to electoral reform than undoing the damage Harper did
Publication: iPolitics
In this Op-Ed, Michael Pal, Common Law Section, discusses the promise for democratic reform by the federal government.
When will Trudeau signal his plans for C-51?
Publication: iPolitics
In this Op-Ed, Craig Forcese, Common Law Section, discusses the handling of Bill C-51 by the current federal government.
Democratic reforms tend to die in the PMO. Will Trudeau’s be different?
Publication: iPolitics
In this Op-Ed, Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s democratic reform agenda.
Three Heated Debates on Canada's Copyright Horizon
Publication: The Tyee
In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses potential digital and copyright policy reform of the federal government.
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