The Waterloo Region encampment decision is The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. Named Respondents and Persons Unknown, 2026 ONSC 2971.
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Kerry Sun
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Kerry Sun
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Common law respecter and DPhil student @OxfordLawFac.
Oxford, England Katılım Ağustos 2012
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Whatever the flaws in the individual judge's reasoning in this case, the outcome is largely the manifestation of an ongoing trend of expansive and adventurous judicial interpretations of the Charter.
We discuss this trend in a recent paper for MLI.
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Macdonald-Laurier Institute@MLInstitute
The latest paper from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute navigates the growing tension between judicial power and parliamentary democracy in Canada. Read “Unseating Responsible Government: Judicial Interference in Canada’s Parliamentary Democracy” by @GeoffSigalet, @SunKerry, and @yuanyi_z here⬇️ macdonaldlaurier.ca/unseating-resp…
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This ruling exemplifies the logical consequences of the Supreme Court's jurisprudence, particularly on s. 7 and s. 15 of the Charter.
The impediment of public transportation policy here is not so much the work of one errant judge, as it is the accretion of legal precedents.
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Diana Chan McNally@DianaCMcNally
BIG news out of Kitchener-Waterloo: the Ontario Superior Court has ruled that homelessness is an analogous ground for discrimination under s.15 of the Charter. This is a BIG step toward recognizing homeless people as an equity-seeking group under the law. Governments take note!
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Oh boy, really curious to see how this translates into real life. Special hiring policies for the homeless? Entrance fees to public amenities waived? Decorum rules suspended? Drunk and disorderly bylaws unconstitutional? Can we paywall a zoo? Can we kick people out of libraries?
Diana Chan McNally@DianaCMcNally
BIG news out of Kitchener-Waterloo: the Ontario Superior Court has ruled that homelessness is an analogous ground for discrimination under s.15 of the Charter. This is a BIG step toward recognizing homeless people as an equity-seeking group under the law. Governments take note!
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When the notwithstanding clause is invoked we usually hear screeching about how it is a "nuclear option" that was only for "emergencies" @Charlie_R_Buck patiently demolishes this myth in @CJPS_RCSP "The Charter’s Nuclear Option?" cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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.@sarkonakj on the juridification of intimate relationships by judicial fiat and its challenges:
Jamie Sarkonak@sarkonakj
Thanks to a Supreme Court decision on Friday, you can now sue ex-partners for "intimate partner violence." Confusingly, violence isn't even a requirement. What is required is "coercive control," which the judges left poorly defined. My column: nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-…
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The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously dismissed the appeal, with reasons to follow: decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-cs…
One to follow on whether the SCC opts to address the concerns deftly expressed in Hourigan J.A.’s dissent, on the loose usage of “dignity” in sentencing jurisprudence.
Kerry Sun@SunKerry
ONCA rules that lower court erred in giving an offender who opened fire on Hwy 401 a non-custodial sentence, but declines to reincarcerate. Dawe JA, concurring, argues the non-custodial sentence was fit. Hourigan JA, in dissent, criticises loose usage of "dignity" in sentencing.
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“If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless.”
Sir Roger Scruton
Science girl@sciencegirl
Many villages across the UK have repurposed iconic red telephone boxes into tiny community libraries, where you can take a book and leave one for someone else to enjoy too if you want to
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