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Impact investing and regulation of charities
Mar 30, 2018Edward HylandPro BonoIncreasingly, charities are looking at using their funds and other resources to contribute to positive social change, as well as to obtain a financial return. But does...
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Medical cannabis benefits denied: How statutory insurance plans can avoid...
Apr 26, 2018Michael HacklPro BonoA case in Nova Scotia provides insight into how the use of medical cannabis is sometimes still perceived as an unconventional treatment despite having been legal in...
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Inquiring into international human rights abuses: To what end?
May 31, 2018Safia J. LakhaniPro BonoIf international pressure is the key to ending Israeli apartheid, then a fulsome reporting on facts is the first step.
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Social finance: Challenges for its legal regulation
Jun 28, 2018Edward HylandPro BonoSocial finance brings the challenge of how to reconcile two dynamics that historically have been opposed: the private interest for profit and the common interest for...
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Charities now free to engage in non-partisan political activities
Jul 20, 2018Pro BonoBrian IlerThe Ontario Superior Court's decision this week was a huge relief to those many charities that suffered through Stephen Harper's politically motivated Canada Revenue...
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Law students face shortage of articling positions
Jul 26, 2018Celia ChandlerPro BonoThe competition for securing articles is so intense that the Law Society of Ontario has explored alternatives and is flirting with the idea of giving up on articling...
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Freeze on overdose prevention sites engages Charter rights
Aug 30, 2018Pro BonoBrynn LegerIf denying access to supervised injection sites was found to be an infringement of the Charter by the Supreme Court, the same may be said of Ontario's decision to halt...
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Police technology vs. civil liberties -- science fiction or current reality?
Sep 27, 2018Pro BonoMichael HacklUntil the institutional bias that exists in society is addressed, the use of technology will not help eliminate bias in police work.
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Landlords, tenants and cannabis: Who has rights and what are the obligations?
Oct 25, 2018Claudia PedreroPro BonoCannabis legalization comes with many questions around the extent to which governments and property owners can restrict consumption. Does it mean that people have a...
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Do efforts to protect Canada's electoral system from foreign interference go...
Nov 29, 2018Shelina AliPro BonoThe federal government is making a superficial effort to address the role of social media platforms in publishing false statements that undermine the democratic process.
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Ontario rollback to sex-ed curriculum prompts legal challenges
Dec 20, 2018Safia J. LakhaniPro BonoThe Ford government's decision to revert back to the 1998 curriculum has produced considerable backlash from educators, parents, and students -- and has also...
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Medically assisted death in Canada: A legal and personal history
Jan 29, 2019Celia ChandlerPro BonoColumnist Celia Chandler provides a brief history of the legal battle to get medically assisted dying legislation in Canada -- and describes her personal experience...
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Medically assisted death in Canada: A firsthand account
Jan 30, 2019Celia ChandlerPro BonoIn this second part of a three-part series on medically assisted death in Canada, Celia Chandler writes about her partner's terminal illness and the development of...
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Medically assisted death in Canada: Reflections on the process
Jan 31, 2019Celia ChandlerPro BonoIn this third part of a three-part series on medically assisted death in Canada, Celia Chandler describes her husband's final days before his assisted death, and...
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Supreme Court's Jarvis decision re-examines privacy in public places
Feb 28, 2019Brynn LegerPro BonoThe Supreme Court's ruling in R v Jarvis updates the analysis of a "reasonable expectation of privacy," but does it go far enough in addressing gendered violence?
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A constitutional cop‑out: Federal government passes the buck on conversion...
Mar 28, 2019Michael HacklPro BonoThe federal government missed an opportunity to introduce a significant protection for the LGBTQ community by failing to take steps to ban conversion therapy.
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Community land trusts a model for community-led land stewardship
Apr 25, 2019Claudia PedreroPro BonoAn alternative model of land ownership is growing in Canada, as communities grapple with increasingly unaffordable housing prices and commercial development changes...
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Can ethical veganism be counted as a creed?
May 30, 2019Safia LakhaniPro BonoA vegan firefighter who has alleged discrimination on the basis of "creed" for the failure to accommodate his diet has filed a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights...
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Law Society of Ontario in conflict over steps to encourage diversity
Jun 27, 2019Shelina AliPro BonoA dispute over the promotion of diversity is dividing the Law Society of Ontario, at a time when freedom of speech is seen as something that trumps equality rights.
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In Canada's housing crisis, distribution of living space a growing issue
Jul 25, 2019Celia ChandlerPro BonoShould we impose limits on the use of space in publicly funded housing so that resources are used for the betterment of the most people possible?
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