Harper Vs Courts: The Saga Continues
The Harper government is once again butting heads with that all-powerful nuisance, the judicial system of Canada, as another of its laws has been struck down.
Lacking only in spandex, folding chairs, and sea...
Courts Contrary to Democratic Process Says Dan Albas, Tory MP
Recently, Conservative MP Dan Albas decided to put on his big boy glasses and examine a few court cases. He found a trend: courts were overruling the legislation that his government was introducing. Groups were...
Fair Elections Act Faces Suit From Students in Supreme Court
Mr. Harper, the students are not happy with you right now.
On the same day that the 'Fair Elections Act' was signed into law, the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Federation of Students announced that t...
Clement Gascon: The Quest for a French-Sounding Quebec Supreme Court Justice
Stephen Harper has appointed a new judge to the Supreme Court of Canada, and this time it may actually work! The Supreme Court's Quebec quota has been left unfilled since Morris Fish's retirement nine months ag...
Harper Consults Couillard for Advice on Supreme Court Appointment
After the Supreme Court denied Marc Nadon a seat on the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister has been doing some backtracking on his nomination processes. That is, after the Conservatives said they wouldn't rule o...
SCC to CPC: “The Senate Isn’t Burger King.”
Stephen Harper, Canada’s Commodus, has every reason to throw a temper tantrum. For the first time since his reign began, an authority figure has told him that he can’t do whatever he wants with his dollhouse—ou...
SCC Unanimously Strikes Down Anti-Prostitution Laws
Chief Justice McLachlin speaking about her profession in public, something she hopes prostitutes may soon be able to do.Queen's University
On December 20th, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously...