Canadian judge lifts publication ban on sponsorship scandal testimony
Justice John Gomery Thursday ordered a partial lifting of a publication ban prohibiting the dissemination of testimony provided on a sponsorship scandal that has created significant political problems for Canada's governing Liberal Party. Canadians had previously...
Gosselin, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, Supreme Court of Canada, March 31, 2005 [ruling that Quebec's provincial government must make Bill 101 comply with Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 23, which states children who started school...
The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday unanimously upheld Quebec language legislation known as Bill 101 , which makes French-speaking parents send their children to francophone schools. Under the bill, parents must have received the majority of their...
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin testified Thursday before a judicial inquiry commission on his role in a corrupt government program originally intended to promote national unity following a close referendum on separation by Quebec....
Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien testified Tuesday before a judicial commission of inquiry as part of an ongoing government investigation into a national unity program that resulted in $100 million in contracts...
David Wagner, Regent University School of Law:"Boston Globe: U.S. Justices Won't Hear Mass. Case, i.e. an appeal from Goodridge. Well of course not. This appeal was based on the "guarantee" clause, Article IV, Section 3: "The United States shall guarantee...
The Quebec Court of Appeal Tuesday began hearing an appeal challenging the constitutionality of Canada's 1997 Tobacco Act. Lawyers for Canada's three largest tobacco companies told the court that the law, which bans tobacco sponsorship, restricts advertising and requires...
