In a post earlier this year analyzing the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent administrative law decisions, I noted how it would be “necessary to read the next entries in the standard-of-review catalogue very carefully to see if the Court is sending a signal about the level of intensity of reasonableness review under the Vavilov framework”. […] Read more
It’s that time of year again, folks! The leaves are turning brown, the patios are closed and Jack Frost is roaming at dawn. And it is time for the Ontario Bar Association’s Annual Update on Judicial Review. Justice David Stratas and I will be taking our annual tour through the highways and byways of recent […] Read more
Yesterday, I gave a talk to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Quebec Court of Appeal. I thought it would be interesting to speak to a topic that identifies unique features of the Quebec Court of Appeal’s thinking — perhaps even some spécificité québécoise — and that has contemporary resonance. What caught my eye is […] Read more
Regular readers will know that there are ongoing debates in Canada about the constitutional foundations of judicial review and, in particular, whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65, [2019] 4 SCR 653 means there is a core, irreducible minimum of judicial oversight that includes review […] Read more
