Public lawyer & researcher focused on Crown, courts, Parliament, Indigenous self-government, constitutional amendment, const remedies & territories
Ottawa, Ontario
Based in Canada
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Huge new book day at my local independent, including @RobertCraig3’s long awaited Royal Law.
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Friends, you know what time it is: youtube.com/watch?v=zQsvcs9I…
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On this day in 1982, the Queen proclaimed the Constitution Act, 1982 in force. The Constitution Act, 1982 guarantees individual rights and freedoms, recognizes and affirms rights of Indigenous peoples, and provides procedures for amending the Constitution of Canada.
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Never quite know what you’ll find on your employer’s Youtube playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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But life will come along some day.
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That was the year that we lost, or we won
That was that year, now here
Now here is another one
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I've been out walking. I don't do too much talking these days. These days.
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Friends, you know what time of year it is: youtube.com/watch?v=zQsvcs9I…
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Shooting a music video in a No Frills is the kind of CanCon energy I am here for: youtube.com/watch?v=jaKQg3Nd… #ripcbcradio3
It's okay Peter, you just have to travel a little further west: youtube.com/watch?v=TZt-pOc3…
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All set for the long weekend with @EmmMacfarlane’s latest on the Senate and the Senate Reform Reference. As both a Parliament and constitutional amendment nerd, it doesn’t get much better than this. Get it at an independent bookstore near you.
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Highlight of this week's leave list: Rollingson Racing Stables Ltd v Horse Racing Alberta, 2020 ABCA 419. First, it's an admin law case about whether a decision-maker was *inquorate*. And, second, the ABQB judgment appealed from contains one of the greatest holdings I've seen.
Leave application judgments to be rendered on May 13, 2021. #SCCLeaveApplication decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc…
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And lest one object that Brown J was writing only for himself on this point in Mikisew (albeit with endorsement of Moldaver, Côté & Rowe JJ), here's a unanimous Court (per Karakatsanis & Brown JJ) in Clyde River (Hamlet) v Petroleum Geo-Services Inc, 2017 SCC 40:
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The full scene is magical: youtube.com/watch?v=g1awwAgU…
It'd be hard to overstate how excited I am for @iamnovoamor's new album, Cannot Be, Whatsoever, released today. Opaline (youtube.com/watch?v=1dGrGVcX…) and Halloween (youtube.com/watch?v=ieT-mAUg…) are particular favourites.
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It's Thanksgiving weekend friends. And you know what that means: youtube.com/watch?v=zQsvcs9I…