Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Administrative Law Matters 2. Le Blogue du CRL 3. Legal Feeds 4. The Court 5. Canadian Combat Sports Law Blog

Administrative Law Matters
Against ATCO: Text, Purpose & Context, not “Implied” and “Express” Powers

I have a new paper coming out next year in the Advocates’ Quarterly, entitled “Against ATCO: Text, Purpose & Context, not “Implied” and “Express” Powers“: It is often said that administrative bodies have no inherent jurisdiction, only those powers granted by the legislature. Questions about the scope of regulatory authority arise frequently and are often litigated. My goal in this paper is to identify the analytical framework best suited to answering these questions, with particular attention to Canada. …

Le Blogue du CRL
Chronique du CTI – Pseudonymisation, anonymisation, dépersonnalisation

Pseudonymisation, anonymisation et dépersonnalisation, ces mesures de protection se retrouvent au centre de la discussion sans que les organisations ne sachent bien les distinguer. Or, selon un sondage réalisé par la Commission d’accès à l’information (CAI), 91 % des personnes préfèrent faire affaire avec une organisation qui protège adéquatement les renseignements personnels qu’elle détient[1]. Cette protection passe notamment par la mise en place d’une stratégie et de mesures de dépersonnalisation et d’anonymisation. …

Legal Feeds
Future of self-regulation dominates Law Society of British Columbia bencher election discussion

As with any election, candidates in the recent BC bencher election espoused the importance of several different issues during their campaigns, but the most pressing topic was the future of the Law Society of British Columbia and the ability of lawyers to self-regulate. Other issues included better mental health and wellness among members of the profession and better support for articling students. …

The Court
APPEAL WATCH: Third Party Political Ad Spending Returns to the SCC Docket

On November 9, 2023 the Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”, or the “Court”) granted the Attorney General of Ontario’s application for leave to appeal [40725] from Working Families Coalition (Canada) Inc. v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2023 ONCA 139 [WFC ONCA]. This case will provide the SCC with its first opportunity in almost two decades to address the constitutional limits of spending caps on third party political advertising. …

Canadian Combat Sports Law Blog
Nevada Loosens Anti Doping Thresholds

This week the Nevada Athletic Commission voted to loosen anti doping thresholds for several banned substances. These include SARM’s, GW1516, DHCMT, Clomiphene and Epitrenbolone. In short they shifted these prohibited substances into the ‘threshold’ category meaning that testing positive for these substances in and of itself is not an anti doping failure so long as …

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