Nos profs dans les médias

RCMP racked up $900,000 in five months on B.C. terrorism case 
Publication: Toronto Star
Craig Forcese, Common Law Section, discusses the dangers of spending limited law-enforcement resources on arresting people most vulnerable to stings.

Liberals drone shopping exercise sets stage for debate over lethal force 
Publication: CBC News Ottawa
Errol Mendes, Common Law Section, discusses the framework of transparency and accountability the Federal government should have for the use of drones for the military. "The issue is quite pertinent given the huge range of debate that's gone all of the way up to the president."

Des prix lauriers pour des Ontariens d’exception (article ci-joint)
Publication: Le Droit
Cet article mentionne que John Mark Keyes, Section de common law, a remporté le prix Laurier du francophile de l’année de l’Association canadienne-française de l’Ontario.

Prix des médicaments, des patients en otage 
Publication: Radio-Canada Ottawa
Amir Attaran, Section de common law, dénonce les pratiques de Martin Shkreli, qui a fait flambé le prix de certains médicaments vitaux de 5000%. « Shkreli, il fait du business, il doit être rentable, bien sûr. Je comprends. Mais d'être si cupide que les patients n'ont pas de médicament, que les patients peuvent mourir; ça, je ne peux pas l'accepter. C'est dégoûtant! »

Keeping Science Safe
Publication: Ottawa Life Magazine
In this Op-Ed, Gordon DuVal, Common Law Section, discusses human participation in scientific research in Canada. 

The question nobody asks: What if Alberta oil doesn’t have a future? 
Publication: iPolitics
In this Op-Ed, Alan Freeman, Faculty of Law, discusses oil in Alberta.

U of O prof makes light work of new communications technology
Publication: The Fulcrum

New study by David Sweanor, Common Law Section, is advocating for the use of economic incentives to decrease smoking rates in Canada. 

Ezra Levant applies to resign from Alberta Law Society

Publication: The Globe and Mail

Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses conservative media commentator and lawyer Ezra Levant, who has applied to resign from Alberta Law Society. This article also mentions Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, and his complaints against Levant. 

Entity regulation comes to Canada
Publication: Financial Post
Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses how law firms are not subject to regulation. “I think most Canadians would be surprised to learn that law firms are not subject to any regulation”. 

WHO's fight against Zika highlights funding issues

Publication: Marketplace

Steven Hoffman , Common Law 

Liberals mum on Dion's rationale for not cancelling Saudi arms deal

Publication: The Globe and Mail

Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, comments on the Federal government's refusal to explain Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion’s latest rationale for not cancelling Ottawa’s $15-billion Saudi arms deal. “Surely Canadians have a right to know about a deal that our government is doing on our behalf.”

Feds could enforce national carbon price with or without provincial buy-in

Publication: iPolitics

Stewart Elgie, Common Law Section, comments on the potential enforcement of a national carbon price by the Federal government. “If some provinces don’t act Ottawa can just apply its own carbon price there, and that’s not unusual.”

'Jeopardy!' says privacy laws preventing Canadian contestants

Publication: CTV News

Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses why Canadians can no longer legally apply to be contestants on the game-show Jeopardy!, in relation to Canada's online privacy laws.

Dalhousie Facebook scandal recommendations 2 years to implement

Publication: CBC News Nova Scotia

Recommendations from a report by Constance Backhouse, Common Law Section, into the Facebook sexism scandal at the dentistry school at Dalhousie University will be implemented within the next two years to ensure prompt, fair and transparent handling by school officials.

Secrecy around $30M Ontario music fund strikes wrong notes: Geist

Publication: Toronto Star

In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses the impact of the Ontario Music Fund in the province, after the British Columbia government unveiled a new $15 million music fund to support the local music industry.

Why Zika matters to Canada

Publication: Toronto Star

In this Op-Ed, Steven J. Hoffman, Common Law Section, and Gaëlle Groux, Post-Bachelor Fellow, discuss Canada’s response to the Zika virus and the main ways we can help stem the spread of the outbreak.

Antonin Scalia and the origins of originalism

Publication: Toronto Star

Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses originalism in Canada

This law may be stopping Canadians from playing Jeopardy! What is the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation?

Publication: National Post

Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses why Canadians can no longer legally apply to be contestants on the game-show Jeopardy!, in relation to Canada's online privacy laws."That's really strange. The only major law that has changed in recent years is the anti-spam legislation. However, there is nothing in the law that would preclude Canadians from taking an online test, wherever located."

Free TV for life? It's here, and it may even be legal

Publication: CBC News

Michael Geist, Common Law Section, comments on the growing legal questions Free TV Box in Canada, a new service that gives the promise of television with no monthly bills, is generating.

Mike Duffy trial: Crown, defence to deliver closing arguments

Publication: CBC News

Penny Collenette, Faculty of Law, comments on Mike Duffy's trial, which enters its final phase today, and says the verdict could set precedent for other troubled senators, and in time transform the upper chamber.

What Apple's encryption battle could mean for cellphone security in Canada

Publication: CBC News

Tamir Israel, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, comments on how the outcome of Apple's encryption legal battle could reverberate in Canada.

Dentistry sexism update will be 'cherry picked,' prof says

Publication: CBC News Nova Scotia

This article mentions the external investigation led by Constance Backhouse, Common Law Section, on the scandal at Dalhousie University's dentistry school that saw 13 fourth-year male students suspended for being members of a Facebook page that contained sexually violent content about their female classmates.

How Antonin Scalia’s brash ideas influenced Canadian courts

Publication: The walrus

Common Law, Adam Dodek 

How Scalia's scathing attacks boosted Canada's Constitution

Publication: Ottawa Citizen

In this Op-Ed, Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses the late U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia and his influence on the law or the courts in Canada.

Companies warned about not promoting skinny cable packages

Publication: News 1130

Michael Geist, Common Law Section, comments on cable and satellite TV companies not promoting the fact they’re being forced to offer a cheap, basic channel package by next month. 

Feds need to close gaps governing human participation in scientific research

Publication: Hill Times

In this Op-Ed, Gordon DuVal, Common Law Section, discusses human participation in federal government scientific research and the importance to put in place mandatory ethics oversight to protect human subjects.

App traps: How to avoid tricky in-game purchase offers

Publication: Today's Parent

David Fewer, Common Law Section, comments on tricky in-app purchase offers and how companies suggest parents should set up accounts with restrictions instead of stopping their in-game purchases prompting. “I don’t think it’s an answer to say it’s up to parents to police their children through automatic-payment financial systems that are created by publishers who target children.”

Canada is needlessly bleeding money on generic drugs

Publication: Toronto Star

In this Op-Ed, Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, discusses generic drug prices and the arbitrary way provinces control them.

EU lawmakers to vote on banning arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Publication: The Globe and Mail

Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, discusses Canada's controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia. “Canada is unacceptably behind the curve in dealing with the human-rights violation of the Saudis.”

Canadian security agencies under strain while threats have 'seldom been so high,' former senior officials say

Publication: National Post

Craig Forcese, Common Law Section, comments on the Federal government's commitment to increasing the accountability of the security community after a letter was written by two former high-ranking officials warning that Canada's national security agencies are under strain.

Dodek: How Scalia's scathing attacks boosted Canada's Constitution

Publication: Ottawa Citizen

In this Op-Ed, Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses the late U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia and his influence on the law or the courts in Canada. 

Industry incentives 'could lead to rapid end for cigarettes'

Publication: The Times

According to a study by David Sweanor, Common Law Section, public health measures to reduce smoking would be more successful if policy-makers took action to curb the high profits of the tobacco industry. 

Cities choose sides in high-speed Internet battle: Geist

Publication: Toronto Star

In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses city councils' support for Bell's appeal of a CRTC ruling on Internet infrastructure that requires major telecoms to share high-speed Internet infrastructure with smaller competitors.

Shadow flipping in B.C. housing & border hopping around Netflix's VPN crackdown: BUSINESS WEEK WRAP

Publication: CBC News

Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, comments on the progress made to Canadian prices of generic drugs, which used to be 40 per cent higher back in 2010 and are now 20 per cent. "What the results show is that in the past you're being pickpocketed 40 per cent, now you're [only] being pickpocketed 20 per cent."

Scalia’s judicial philosophy in sharp contrast to SCC

Publication: iPolitics

Carissima Mathen, Common Law Section, discusses originalism after the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Chapin: Rape myths are still surfacing in our courtrooms

Publication: Ottawa Citizen

Elizabeth Sheehy, Common Law Section, discusses how sex assaults cases are handled by law enforcement, in relation to the Jian Gomeshi trial. 

Scalia: Where his legal originalism came from, and whether it exists in Canada

Publication: Metro Canada

Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses whether or not legal originalism exists in Canada.

Measuring diversity: A report card for the legal profession 

Publication: JUST. Magazine

Common Law, Joanne St-Lewis