By: Drew Yewchuk  Matter Commented On: Bill 34: Access to Information Act  PDF Version: New Alberta Access to Information Law Part 2: More Obstacles to Seeking Government Records This is my second post on Bill 34: Access to Information Act, a Bill that would replace the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, RSA 2000, c ..read more

By: Jennifer Koshan Case Commented On: R v Kruk, 2024 SCC 7 (CanLII) PDF Version: Myths, Stereotypes, and Substantive Equality Canada’s legal frameworks related to substantive equality and sexual assault law have led to a robust body of jurisprudence on myths and stereotypes about sexual violence. The Supreme Court of Canada first used the language ..read more

By: Shaun Fluker and JD Students in the Public Interest Law Clinic Bill Commented On: Bill 27 Education Amendment Act, 2024, 1st Sess, 31st Leg, 2024 (passed second reading Nov 19) PDF Version: UCP Grievance and Culture-War Politics Enter Schools On October 31 the Minister of Education introduced Bill 27 into the Alberta Legislature with ..read more

By: Drew Yewchuk Matter Commented On: Bill 34: Access to Information Act PDF Version: New Alberta Access to Information Law Part 1: More Secrecy On 6 November 2024, the United Conservative Party introduced two bills that would repeal the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, RSA 2000, c F-25 (FOIP) and replace it ..read more

By: Collin May Matter Commented On: Review of Alberta Professional Regulation PDF Version: Modernizing Professional Regulation is a Worthwhile Goal Recently, more than one commentator has dismissed the Alberta government’s recent promises to reform professional regulation, including our own regulator, the Law Society of Alberta, as little more than grievance politics (see Shaun Fluker’s comment ..read more

By: Nigel Bankes Document Commented On: Draft Quantification Protocol for CO2 Capture and Permanent Geologic Sequestration v2.0, November 1, 2024 PDF Version: The Draft Alberta Quantification Protocol for CO2 Capture and Permanent Geologic Sequestration, Version 2 Nearly ten years ago I posted an ABlawg comment on a draft of the first version of this Offset ..read more

By: Nigel Bankes Matter Commented On: Alberta’s Standard Form Carbon Sequestration Agreement PDF Version: Alberta’s Carbon Sequestration Agreement: An Analysis The Government of Alberta (GoA) has finally released the form or template of the Carbon Sequestration Agreement (CSA) that it ..read more

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton and Shaun Fluker Document Commented On: University Direction on Temporary Structures and Overnight Protests, 2024-UC-003-A, revised May 3, 2024 PDF Version: The University’s Kafkaesque Direction on Temporary Structures and Overnight Protests: “You are not supposed to ..read more

By: Shaun Fluker Matter commented on: Review of Professional Regulators, October 23, 2024 PDF Version: UCP Grievance Politics Takes Aim at the Law Society of Alberta On October 23, 2024, the UCP government announced it was spending public money to ..read more

By: Martin Olszynski, Jennifer Koshan, Nigel Bankes, and Jonnette Watson Hamilton Case commented on: Mathur v Ontario, 2024 ONCA 762 (CanLII) PDF Version: A Landmark Decision in Canadian Charter-based Climate Litigation: Mathur v Ontario, 2024 ONCA 762 The Ontario Court ..read more