Nos profs dans les médias

Cancer Care Ontario covering up casualties by hiding stem cell data, critics charge

Publication: Toronto Star

Amir Attaran, Common Law Section, is among the critics who are saying Cancer Care Ontario is wrongly using privacy laws to keep from revealing how many people have fallen off the transplant list.

Solomon: Grading Trudeau's first half year in office

Publication: Maclean’s

Craig Forcese, Common Law Section, discusses the controversial anti-terror legislation Bill-51.

British study on electronic cigarettes promotes significant reduced-harm promise of products

Publication: Winston-Salem Journal

David Sweanor, Common Law Section, comments the expression from a British study of harm-reduction promise with e-cigarettes. 

U.K. Report Advocates Substituting E-Cigarettes for Tobacco

Publication: The Wall Street Journal

David Sweanor, Common Law Section, discusses the confusion over the health consequences of e-cigarettes. “It has scared away a lot of investment and scared away a lot of consumers. We now have a very authoritative overview of the actual evidence [on e-cigarettes] that will inform policy.”

Taxpayer money used to protect Ottawa from Lac-Megantic lawsuits

Publication: CTV News 

Bruce Campbell and Valerie Akujobi - Common Law 

What's Really Killing India's Smokers

Publication: The Wall Street Journal

David Sweanor, Common Law Section, comments the misinformation about e-cigarettes and vaping in India after Parvesh Kumar was sentenced to three years in jail and fined $1,500 for selling e-cigarettes. “It shouldn’t even be a crime in the first place, but a three-year jail sentence is so extreme and unjust it amounts to a serious and arbitrary abuse of human rights.”

Leadership Sorely Needed on Canada's Broadband Strategy

Publication: The Tyee

In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses the federal telecommunications regulator's hearing focused on the state of internet access in Canada. 

Formation en common law en français: Après Saskatoon, Toronto?

Publication: L'express

Nathalie Des Rosiers, doyenne de la Section de common law de la Faculté de droit de l'Université d'Ottawa. 

Jian Ghomeshi case shines spotlight on 'post-incident contact'

Publication: Toronto Star

Elizabeth Sheehy, Common Law Section, explains that there is "no script" for how a victim might behave after a sexual assault, in relation to the new allegations of sexual assault against Jian Ghomeshi. “Women who have been assaulted by people they know act in ways that are often counterintuitive.”

Drawn out battle over genetic resources dampens Africa’s hopes

Publication: The conversation 

Chidi Oguamanam, on his work at the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) negotiation of international legal framework for the protection of genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression  

Duffy trial: A conviction on all counts for the Senate

Publication: The Globe and Mail

In this Op-Ed, Adam Dodek, Common Law Section, discusses the Mike Duffy trial verdict.

Apple's co-operation with police in Tim Bosma case not unusual

Publication: CBC News

Tamir Israel, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, comments the debate regarding tech companies helping law enforcement access their customers' personal data. 

Inquest to review aboriginal inmate's death

Publication: Global News

Kim Pate, Office of the President, comments the inquest into Kinew James death at Saskatoon’s Regional Psychiatric Centre.

Pot? We can't even get booze right in bureaucratic Ontario
Publication: Ottawa Sun

In this Op-Ed, André Marin, Common Law Section, compares the distribution of alcohol to the distribution of marijuana in Ontario.

Senate restores Duffy's standing, but broader expenses scandal persists

Publication: CTV News

Carissima Mathen, Common Law Section, discusses the Senate expenses scandal after Mike Duffy's trial verdict that cleared him of 31 charges. "As much as we might not like the way that the Senate was being run...that's an administrative problem, but it doesn't by itself rise to the level of criminal conduct." 

Errol Mendes explains the verdict

Publication: CTV News Ottawa

Errol Mendes, Common Law Section, analyses the Mike Duffy trial verdict.

Power Play: Decison comes down for Mike Duffy 

Publication: CTV News 

Carissima Mathen - Common Law

PrimeTime Politics - April 21, 2016 

Publication: CPAC

Carissima Mathen, Common Law, reacts to Senator Mike Duffy's acquittal. 

Fact check: Without law on assisted dying, will there be a legal vacuum?

Publication: CTV News

Carissima Mathen, Common Law Section, discusses physician-assisted dying.

Mid-week podcast: drama of Duffy trial draws to a close

Publication: CBC News - The House

Penny Collenette, Faculty of Law, discusses the consequences to the Senate if Mike Duffy is acquitted. "If there is an acquittal of all the charges, that is also an indictment of the Senate because of the way that things have been allowed to progress...the shambles, the last three or four years of confusion, and the time and energy that could have been used for so many other issues, important issues in the country,"

Un pas vers la représentation proportionnelle à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Publication: Radio-Canada – Le réveil Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Nathalie DesRosiers, Section de Common Law, discute de la représentation proportionnelle à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard.

Power Play: Landmark for non-status Aboriginals 

Publication: CTV News

Carissima Mathen - Common Law

Compensation blunder a blow against trust in our justice system

Publication: The Globe and Mail

In this Op-Ed, Penny Collenette, Faculty of Law, discusses the miscommunication of a negotiation that allowed the Catholic Church to renege on its obligation to pay into a landmark settlement to Canadian victims of Catholic residential school abuse. 

A referendum on electoral reform? EKOS finds the Canadian public evenly split

Publication: iPolitics

Michael Pal, Common Law Section, analysed the Canadian constitution at a University of Ottawa symposium on electoral reform hosted by the Jean-Luc Pépin Research Chair.

Copyright law for the blind needs fine-tuning: Geist

Publication: Toronto Star

In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Common Law Section, discusses the Canadian decision to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty.

Supreme Court ruling raises questions

Publication: CBC News

Larry Chartrand, Common Law Section, comments the Supreme Court of Canada decision declaring Metis and non-status Indians to be included under the federal jurisdiction along with status “Indians”. "There needs to be some discussion about who can qualify."

Researchers say that e-cig warnings omit potential benefits

Publication: Winston-Salem Journal

David Sweanor, Common Law Section, co-authored a report on the potential reduced-harm role of electronic cigarettes.