Nos profs dans les médias

Lawrie McFarlane: Provinces should co-operate on drugs (Victoria Times-Colonist)
This column responds to an Op-Ed by Colleen Flood, Common Law Section, Faculty of Law, discussing prescription-drug coverage in Canada.

The liberal democratic world order is falling apart (ipolitics)
Errol Mendes, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, comments on the rise of authoritarian policies and laws in Russia, China, and throughout the European Union.   

Public won't see results of review of Alberta judges' sex-assault case conduct (The Globe and Mail)
Adam Dodek, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, said the complaints and discipline process for judges across Canada lags behind what the public expects in transparency and responsiveness. 

Cour suprême du Canada: une chambre moins polarisée que celle des USA (Radio-Canada International)
Carissima Mathen, Faculté de droit - Section de common law, commente les tendances politiques des juges au Canada. 

Drafting policies to increase organ donations is complex but must be done, say experts (CBC)
Jennifer Chandler, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, comments on organ donation policies.

NFL Blitzes Trudeau in Arcane Super Bowl Advertising Dispute (Bloomberg)
Michael Geist, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, comments on a ruling by the CRTC which loosens the grip of simultaneous substitution for US advertising.

By legalizing marijuana, Canada could breach global treaties (Hill Times)
The article notes Steven Hoffman, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, and student Roojin Habibi published a commentary that stated that the government’s legalization of pot would contravene its legal obligations to various United Nations drug conventions. Eugene Oscapella, Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences, also comments on the issue. 

Comment: Universal pharmacare not as costly as it sounds (Victoria Times-Colonist)
In an Op-Ed, Colleen Flood, Common Law Section, Faculty of Law, discusses prescription-drug coverage in Canada. 

Why a 56-year-old UN treaty stands between you and legal pot (Global News)
Steven Hoffman, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, discusses UN drug control treaties and both Canada's legal and diplomatic obligations to follow UN treaties. 

Trump's Marijuana Stance Could Cause 'Discomfort' For Canada: Prof (Huffington Post Canada)
Errol Mendes, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, explains that it will require diplomatic skills for Canada to amend its position on international treaties, supported by the U.S., that condemn cannabis possession and production. 

Year-in-review: 2016's top Canadian health stories (iPolitics)
In a review of Canada's top health stories of 2016, Steven Hoffman, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, comments on the UN conventions Canada would violate with its upcoming law to legalize recreational pot.

Spliff Difference; Marijuana legalization could spark up problems within U.S.-Canada relations (Edmonton Sun)
Errol Mendes, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, comments on Canada's involvement in three international conventions that criminalize possession and production of cannabis and explains the easiest way for Canada to get out of these treaties.

Wider access to livestreaming signals growth of 'in the moment' video in 2017 (Victoria Times-Colonist)
Michael Geist, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section, comments on the popularity of livestreaming and potential impacts from a privacy perspective.