Published Volumes & Issues - Ottawa Law Review

Par Mel Cappe* et Yan Campagnolo** La Cour suprême du Canada [ci-après « CSC »] vient de dissiper les doutes que certains pouvaient entretenir quant à la légitimité du secret ministériel et la nature confidentielle des lettres de mandat[1]. Dans l’arrêt Ontario (Procureur général) c Ontario (Commissaire à l’information et à la protection de la vie […]

Debates About Cabinet Secrecy Are Far From Over

21 mars 2024

Mel Cappe

Blog Post / Blogue Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel

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By Mel Cappe* and Yan Campagnolo** For those who had doubts about the legitimacy of Cabinet secrecy and the confidential nature of mandate letters,[1] the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has dispelled them. In Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner),[2] the SCC put an end to the judicial saga pitting the […]

Gatekeeping Reconciliation: The Supreme Court of Canada’s Piecemeal Erosion of Aboriginal Rights

30 avril 2023

Haneen Al-Noman

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Indigenous Law / Droit autochtone

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Volume 54, Issue 2

“Untethered”: How the majority decision in Toronto (City) v Ontario tries (but fails) to break away from the Supreme Court of Canada’s unwritten constitutional principle jurisprudence

30 avril 2023

Vincent Kazmierski

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Public Law / Droit public

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Volume 54, Issue 2

Le secret ministériel : fondements, enjeux et réforme — un entretien avec le professeur Yan Campagnolo

30 avril 2023

Yan Campagnolo

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel

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Volume 54, Issue 2

Different Ways to Get to “Everything”?: Judicializing Everything? The Clash of Constitutionalisms in Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom by Mark S. Harding

30 avril 2023

Gerard Kennedy

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel

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Volume 54, Issue 1

Free Vaccines and Lost Privileges

26 juillet 2022

Phil Lord

Blog Post / Blogue Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Public Law / Droit public

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Governments are resorting to incentives to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind them. Using Canada as a case study, this article discusses how governments have used positive and negative incentives to increase vaccination rates…

The Unwritten Constitutional Principles and Environmental Justice: A New Way Forward?

30 avril 2021

Mari Galloway

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel

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Environmental benefits and harms are unequally distributed in Canada. Environmental harms tend to disproportionately impact Indigenous peoples…

Judges on Judging in Canadian Appellate Courts: The Role of Legal and Extra-Legal Factors on Decision-Making

30 avril 2021

Lori Hausegger

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Public Law / Droit public

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Although provincial courts of appeal decide the bulk of appeals in Canada, relatively little is known about judicial decision-making…

The Constitutional Catholic Schools Issue in Ontario: How the Province of Ontario Could Remove its Obligations to Fully Fund Catholic Schools by Way of a Constitutional Amendment

4 avril 2022

Jenna Smith

Blog Post / Blogue Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Public Law / Droit public

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For many students in the province of Ontario, it is common to attend a school that is within a public or a Catholic school board, both of which are fully funded by the Government of Ontario.

Le onzième sénateur. Une pause d’archéologie constitutionnelle récente

30 avril 2022

Pierre Foucher

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel

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Volume 53, Issue 2

Prolégomènes à la reconnaissance de droits à l’éducation postsecondaire en vertu de l’article 23 de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés

30 avril 2022

Mathieu Tovar-Poitras

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Language Rights / Droits linguistiques

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Volume 53, Issue 2

An Uncertain Future for Unwritten Constitutional Principles: Did the Supreme Court of Canada Just Import a Conservative Judicial Philosophy from the United States?

23 novembre 2021

Jordan Samaroo

Blog Post / Blogue Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Public Law / Droit public U.S. Law / Droit américain

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Canadians often struggle to fully grasp the makeup of Canada’s constitutional framework, especially with respect to the role of unwritten constitutional principles (UCPs).

What Meaning in a Right to Strike? Medreleaf and the Future of the Agricultural Employees Protection Act

1 janvier 2022

Bethany Hastie

Administrative Law / Droit administratif Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Labour and Employment Law / Droit du travail et de l’emploi

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In June 2020, the Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeals Tribunal released its decision in UFCW v MedReleaf Phase 2. This decision focused on a constitutional challenge regarding the right to strike under the Agricultural Employees Protection Act, 2002 (AEPA)

Wither the Divisional Court? Looking at the Past, Analyzing the Present, and Querying the Future of Ontario’s Intermediary Appellate Court

1 janvier 2022

Gerard Kennedy

Administrative Law / Droit administratif Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel

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This article critically analyzes the role of the Divisional Court in Ontario’s justice system, and ultimately proposes that the Divisional Court be eliminated, or at least have its jurisdiction significantly constrained.

Mikisew Cree: A Lost Opportunity for Doctrinal Clarity on Constitutional Principles

30 avril 2021

Abra Martin

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Jurisprudence / Jurisprudence

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Volume 52, Issue 2

Book Review : The Tenth Justice: Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon, and the Supreme Court Act Reference

30 avril 2021

Jamie Cameron

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Legal History / Histoire juridique

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Volume 52, Issue 1

Environmental Policy is Economic Policy: Climate Change Policy and the General Trade and Commerce Power

30 avril 2021

Andrew Leach

Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Environmental and Energy Law / Droit de l'environnement et de l'énergie Environmental Law / Droit de l’environnement

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Volume 52, Issue 2

Why it’s Unlikely that a Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Amy Coney Barrett Scenario Will Happen in Canada

26 octobre 2020

Michael Piaseczny

Blog Post / Blogue Constitutional Law / Droit constitutionnel Public Law / Droit public U.S. Law / Droit américain

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Seymour Lipset’s foundational comparative account of Canada and the United States (US) sought to understand the differences between two countries that seem similar when compared to other countries.[1]