Holidays Act
R.S., 1985, c. H-5

1. This Act may be cited as the Holidays Act.

2. (1) July 1, not being a Sunday, is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such throughout Canada under the name of “Canada Day”.

(2) When July 1 is a Sunday, July 2 is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such throughout Canada under the name of “Canada Day”.

And Monday, too, pretty much. . . . [more]

Even though this is the week when the media are contemplating the wider constitutional implications of the stinging defeat for the Bush administration in the Hamdan case, I cannot recall any end-of-term assessment of a supreme court of appeal similar to today’s NYT. Not merely the lead on the front page, but 2 full pages inside with detailed examinations of the court voting record on the major public law cases.

I found the graphics particularly helpful – one tidbit: Chief Justice Roberts voted with Justice Scalia in all but one case.

It would be nice if the same . . . [more]

And then 3 days later

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