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. Double Aspect 2. Reconciliation Syllabus 3. Civil Resolution Tribunal blog 4. Administrative Law Matters 5. PierreRoy & Associés
Double Aspect
Nothing Matters Still
The Supreme Court’s recent pronouncements on constitutional interpretation are inconsistent with precedent, but the Court doesn’t care. I return briefly to the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Taylor v Newfoundland and Labrador, 2026 SCC 5, which I summarized here and whose discussion of constitutional interpretation I criticized here. There is something about that discussion that I hadn’t noticed until now, and which bears mentioning because it is yet another instance of a very unfortunate trend that has been affecting the Supreme Court for years: departures from or indeed blatant contradictions of precedent, without any apparent acknowledgment, let alone explanation. …
Reconciliation Syllabus
Learning Land and Relationship
For some time, I have been wanting to bring experiential learning related to land to a 3rd year course I teach in an undergraduate Legal Studies program at Ontario Tech University: LGLS 3310U – Indigenous Peoples, Law and the State in Canada . This is the story of how this happened. Val Napoleon and Hadley Friedland discuss “stories as tools for thinking”, for both tellers and listeners, in their work on engagement with Indigenous legal traditions.[1] Although my topic is much smaller, telling this story gives me space to think – about the land, about teaching and relationships, and about myself as a teacher — if you feel you can take it up as a thinking tool, too, please do. …
Civil Resolution Tribunal blog
Participant Survey – March 2026
The Civil Resolution Tribunal anonymously surveys people who have gone through the tribunal process. We use this feedback to improve the way we serve the public. We report the results every month on this blog. We had 50 responses to our participant survey in March 2026. We’re pleased to report that participant satisfaction remains strong in most areas. We’re taking measures to address a high volume of claims and improve timeliness in all areas of the dispute resolution process. …
Administrative Law Matters
Parliamentary Committee Submissions on Internal Trade Barriers
My name is Paul Daly, I am a professor at the University of Ottawa and I appear in a personal capacity. Chair, members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to appear. I will make a simple claim. Canada is not, in any meaningful sense, a single economic market. And that is a problem we now have the tools, and the responsibility, to fix. Across this country, goods, services, workers, and capital still encounter barriers at provincial borders. A product lawfully sold in one province may not be sold in another. A qualified professional may not be able to practise across a provincial line without re-certification. Firms that can compete globally are often tripped up domestically. …
PierreRoy & Associés
Établir un budget familial : quand les fins de mois deviennent un casse-tête
Entre la hausse du coût de l’épicerie, les paiements d’hypothèque ou de loyer qui augmentent et les dépenses imprévues, de nombreuses familles québécoises sentent leur budget leur échapper. On fonctionne au jour le jour, on paie ce qui est urgent, on repousse le reste. Et tranquillement, le stress financier s’installe. La bonne nouvelle, c’est qu’il est possible de renverser la tendance. …
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