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From R. v. Nur, 2015 |
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada struck down mandatory minimum sentences for convictions for possessing prohibited or restricted firearms with readily accessible ammunition as … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 13 | 2017 | $1.30 Add |
From Unfulfilled Union: Canadian Federalism and National UnityFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
Excerpt of a 1989 book by Garth Stevenson, Unfulfilled Union: Canadian Federalism and National Unity, proposing that political economy, moreso than culture, explains the strength of Canadian … | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
From Back to the Future |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel looks the many different documents that have outlined solutions to correct the relationship between the Canadian government and Indigenous peoples including the … | Arthur Manuel | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
From Morgentaler v. The Queen, 1988 |
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada, for various reasons in three opinions, struck down provisions of the Criminal Code making it an offence to procure a miscarriage. The dissenting opinion … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
From The Governments and Societies of Canadian FederalismFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
1977 article by Alan C. Cairns arguing that Canadian federalism is a function of the constitution and governments rather than of societies. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
From Thirty-one years and a hysterical scenarioFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
If one accepts climate change as a pressing concern, it is hard to imagine a more epic fail than the FIPA. For years, the Harper Government told Canadians it would not act on climate change until … | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
From Channelling hopeFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
In this final chapter, I offer a few hopeful and specific ideas about what governments could be pushed to do to protect Canadians in the era of the FIPA and investor-state arbitration. | Gus Van Harten | 8 | 2015 | $0.80 Add |
From Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2005 |
A majority of the Supreme Court held that a provincial law prohibiting Quebeckers from taking out private insurance for services available under the public health care plan infringed the Quebec … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 21 | 2017 | $2.10 Add |
From Intrastate Federalism in CanadaFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
1985 article by Donald V. Smiley and Ronald L. Watts examining the intrastate dimension of federalism, and the role of intrastate federalism in Canada. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
From The Six-Step Program to Decolonization |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel outlines a six step program for the decolonization of Canada and the need to establish a United Nations oversight mechanism for Indigenous people. | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
From Canada (Attorney General) v. PHS Community Services Society, 2011 |
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously held that the Insite safe injection facility in Vancouver is subject to the valid criminal scheme of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, but ordered … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
From Federalism and Regional AlienationFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
1998 article by Roger Gibbins examining the extent to which federal political institutions either moderate or exacerbate regional conflict and alienation. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
From AfterwordSettling with Canada: A Debt Coming Due |
Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson looks at how indigenous activist Arthur Manuel’s work continues on. He examines how Canada has forged the debt due to Indigenous people on the balance sheets … | Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
From Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, 2013 |
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously held that provisions of the Criminal Code prohibiting bawdy-houses, living on the avails of prostitution, and communicating in public for the purposes of … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
From The Dynamics of Canadian FederalismFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
2004 article by Richard Simeon and Ian Robinson examining what drives Canadian federalism and what accounts for how it has changed over time, plus an examination of the consequences and … | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
From Appendix"Are you a Canadian?" |
Originally published in the First Nations Strategic Bulletin in December of 2016 this was Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel’s look ahead to Canada’s 150th anniversary year. | Arthur Manuel | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |