Nos profs dans les médias

Will an Inquiry into the Deaths of Canadian Aborigianl Women Bring Peace to Their Families?

Publication: VICE

Larry Chartrand, Faculty of Law, comments on the significance of Indian status for an aboriginal person in Canada. "The existence of status remains a serious problem".
 

CRTC falls short on true wireless competition: Geist

Publication: Toronto Star

In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, discusses the CRTC’s recent decision not to use much of its regulatory toolkit to ensure true wireless competition in Canada.
 

How 'Indian Status' Figures into the Unsolved Case of a Murdered Canadian Aboriginal Woman

Publication: VICE

Larry Chartrand, Faculty of Law, discusses the significance of Indian status for an aboriginal person in Canada. "Your status as an Indian, according to the federal government now, acts very much like a proxy for traditional membership in an aboriginal community, even though it shouldn't."
 

Commons poised to pass controversial anti-terror bill

Publication: Ottawa Citizen

Craig Forcese, Faculty of Law, discusses Bill C-51, after it has been passed in the House of Commons, and now moves to the Senate for an expected expeditious passage into law. “These pre-authorizations prevent a breach of these rights because it is the pre-authorization that makes the search ‘reasonable’ or the detention ‘non-arbitrary.”
 

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

Publication: Today's Parent

David Fewer, Faculty of Law, comments on the exploding industry of in-app traps, tricking children into spending money while playing games. “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.”
 

C-51 pourrait nuire au travail des journalistes

Publication: MSN Canada

La Chambre des communes devra se prononcer cette semaine sur le projet de loi antiterroriste C-51. Craig Forcese, Faculté de droit, reproche le projet de loi de de porter potentiellement atteinte à la liberté de presse.
 

Joe Fresh lawsuit a 'legal juggernaut'

Publication: National Post

Penny Collenette, Common Law section, comments on the class action lawsuit seeking to sue Joe Fresh for $2 billion for its role in the 2013 Bangladesh garment factory collapse. "If this successfully went to trial, it could be a legal juggernaut."
 

Behind the recording industry's latest campaign: Geist

Publication: Toronto Star

In this Op-Ed, Michael Geist, Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, discusses the recording industry's latest campaign in terms of copyright protection.
 

Canada in trade deal? 'Up to Canada,' says US

Publication: Metro Canada

Debra Steger, Common Law Section, comments on Canada's entry in a 12-country, free-trade deal. "Does that mean Canada has to give up supply management completely? Most likely not. We did not with the Europeans in the (Canada-Europe trade deal). But we may have to be willing to grant greater access to dairy and poultry products."
 

Case could transform medicare

Publication: The StarPhoenix

This Op-Ed co-authored by Colleen Flood, Common Law Section, discusses the importance of a long-running case between the B.C. government and Dr. Brian Day, co-owner of Cambie Surgeries Corp., who charged patients more for health services covered by medicare than is permitted by law.