Canadian Constitutional Law

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Jacob Ziegel provides an overview of the constitutional issues that the Supreme Court of Canada will have to consider in the Securities Act reference ("Who can regulate Canadian securities?", July 15, 2011).

Read the full article on the Faculty Blog.

The latest issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal (62:2) is a special issue that honours Prof. Ernest Weinrib on the occasion of his being awarded the Killam Prize in recognition of his outstanding contributions to legal scholarship.

(Toronto, April 12, 2011) A report recently released by the Faculty of Law's David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights (www.aspercentre.ca) calls for an authoritative set of guidelines on Canada's important but unwritten parliamentary conventions.

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Ed Morgan analyzes the differences between the Supreme Courts of Canada and the United States in their approach to third-party spending on election campaigns ("The Canada-U.S. subsidy divide," April 7, 2011).

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On Friday, November 19, 2010 the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, the International Human Rights Program and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association co-hosted a half-day symposium: UN Security Council Resolution 1267:
Impact of targeted anti-terrorist sanctions on human rights.

In a commentary in The Lawyers Weekly, Prof. Ed Morgan considers whether the practice of bonus zoning (section 37 of Ontario's Planning Act) has constitutional ramifications ("'Bonus' zoning and the development approval game," August 26, 2011).

Read the full commentary on the Faculty Blog.

Constitute! producer Susan Bazilli with disabity rights activist Meenu Sikand and one of the main women in the film, Linda Palmer Nye.

By Susan Bazilli

Recent alumnus David Asper (LLM '07) has made a $7.5 million gift to the law school to establish the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights.  David's gift is the largest contribution ever made by an individual to a law school in Canada. It will have a transformative effect on educational opportunities for students at our law school, and will play a vital role in articulating Canada's constitutional vision to the broader world.

Read the press release (PDF)

By: Jacob Ziegel

This commentary was first published in the National Post on May 26, 2011.