Written By: Aaesha Angbin Ahmed Legal Terms 1. Canada Assistance Plan (CAP): A former federal statute that established a cost-sharing framework through which the federal government contributed to provincial social assistance and welfare programs. 2. Public Interest Standing:   A discretionary doctrine in Canadian public law that permits a plaintiff to bring a legal challenge despite lacking a direct personal stake, where the issue raised is serious and justiciable, the plaint

Written By: Jissana Ahad Legal Terms 1. Corporate Liability: legal responsibility of a corporation for its conduct 2. Customary International Law (CIL): international norms accepted as binding law 3. Act of State Doctrine: limits court review of foreign sovereign acts 4. Jus Cogens: peremptory international norms permitting no derogation 5. Civil Cause of Action: legal basis to bring a civil claim Facts Nevsun Resources Ltd. is a Canadian mining company headquartered in

Written By: Jissana Ahad Introduction Ontario (Attorney General) v. Working Families Coalition (Canada) Inc. (2025 SCC 5), decided by the Supreme Court of Canada in March 2025, addresses whether Ontario’s limits on third party political advertising before elections violated democratic rights under section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The case centers on whether spending caps in Ontario’s Election Finances Act unfairly restricted the ability of ordinary ci

Written By: Aaesha Angbin Ahmed Legal Terms 1. Medical malpractice: A legal cause of action that occurs when a healthcare professional’s act or omission deviates from accepted standards of practice and results in patient harm. 2. Duty of Care: A physician’s obligation arising from the doctor-patient relationship, based on trust and recognized by law as a legal duty to act with appropriate skill and loyalty. 3. Standard of Care: The degree of skill, judgment, and care reaso

Written By: Ashaz Syed Hussaini - LSOU Publications Legal Terms 1. Digital Sovereignty : Nation’s data should be self-governed, no foreign jurisdiction. 2. US. CLOUD Act:  US-based tech companies must provide externally-stored data for the US. 3. DIS : Nation defence/research matches domestic industrial capacity/strategic tech sectors. 4. CQCP : Strengthening Canada’s quantum ecosystem through strategic investments. 5. Sovereign Compute : Sensitive nation data must be within

By Caitlin Whittier  My name is Caitlin Whittier. I am a fifth year student and external moot director for the LSOU. Beyond my wildest imagination, I made it to the final round of the Highland Cup Mooting Competition of 2025 as a second-time mooter, alongside my partner who was mooting for the first time. For those of you who have never mooted before, essentially what it entails, is analyzing the respondent and appellant factums of the court case, creating submissions grounde

Written By: Samuel Jacob Citation: R. v. Bissonnette, 2022 SCC 23, [2022] 1 S.C.R. 597 Case Summary In May of 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled on R. v. Bissonnette, a case regarding the constitutionality of consecutive parole ineligibility periods for murder. The SCC decided that Section 745.51 of the Criminal Code, which allowed judges to apply 25-year parole ineligibility periods consecutively, was unconstitutional (Major, 2024, p. 50). R. v. Bissonnette is a

By Catie Whittier  A decade has passed since Carter v. Canada (2015), where the Supreme Court of Canada made the decision to legalize the practice of physician assisted dying and strike down the law that criminalized it. The aim of this publication is to provide a comprehensive review of the case and examine how it has been applied in the real world, as well as well-known figures who have been approved for medical assistance in dying.  Carter v. Canada (2015) In 2011, Gloria

Written By: Jissana Ahad Legal Terms 1.  Justiciable:  a matter appropriate for court decision 2. Remitted:  when a higher court returns a case to a lower court 3. Statutory Obligation:  a duty created by law 4 . Cap-and-Trade System:  a policy limiting emissions through tradable allowances 5.  Climate Governance : government control and accountability over climate action Case Name & Citation Mathur v. Ontario, ONCA 762 [2024] Facts A group of seven young climate activists in

Written By: Aaesha Angbin Ahmed Legal Terms 1.  s. 38(1)(c), Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA):   A provision under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that allows immigration officers to find an applicant medically inadmissible if their health condition “might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand on health or social services.” 2. Excessive demand:  A legal concept within s. 38(1)c) of the IRPA referring to a level of anticipated use of pub

Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau signing the Proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982 Written By: Aaesha Angbin Ahmed Legal Terms 1.  Section 7 (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms):   Guarantees every individual the right to “life, liberty, and security of the person.” 2. Judicial Review:   The power of courts to invalidate laws passed by Parliament or legislatures that violate the Constitution or Charter rights. 3.  Charter Interpretation:   The judicial process

Written By: Ashaz Syed Hussaini - LSOU Publications Legal Terms 1. Civil Contempt of Court:  Disobedience/disregard against a court order/authority.  2. Injunction : A court order that compels a party to do or refrain from doing specific acts. 3. Quasi-Criminal: A civil proceeding procedurally and penally similar to criminal law. 4. Standard of Proof (BARD):  Certainty needed to convict someone; prosecution’s burden. 5. Chilling Effect : When a regulatory thing discourages/li

Written By: Jissana Ahad FAO & WFF Liaison Ontario Food Insecurity Food insecurity in Ontario refers to the lack of sufficient,...

Written By : Isabella Joseph Case name and citation: Sanis Health Inc. v. British Columbia, 2024 SCC 40 Facts: In 2018 British Columbia...

By Dwija Bhatt Abstract This paper critically examines Quebec’s Bill 21, a law that prohibits certain public employees from wearing...

Written by: Catie Whittier British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v BCGSEU (1999) Neurtal Citation: [1999] 3...

By Dwija Bhatt Case name and citation: R. v. Ewanchuk [1999] 1 S.C.R. 330. https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1684/inde...

By: Emily Harrison Case Name:  Quebec (Attorney General)  v. A.  Legal Citation: (2013 SCC 5) Facts:  Quebec (Attorney General) v. A...

By: Ayo Ibikunle An image of a gavel on a wooden table (courtesy of Unsplash) Case name: Loving v. Virginia Neutral citation: Loving v....

Written By: Ashaz Syed Hussaini Legal Terms 1. Custodial Parent : Granted primary care and decision-making authority over a child. 2....