2017
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Mahe v. Alberta, 1990 |
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously held that the numbers of minority language students in Edmonton warranted granting the parents of those students management and control over minority … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
From Prescription HeroinFrom: Fighting For Space |
The Downtown Eastside had accomplished a lot as a community. In 2004, Dr. Martin Schechter had secured funding to launch a heroin-maintenance program out of a small clinic in the Downtown … | Travis Lupick | 29 | 2017 | $0.58 Add |
From “The Assassination”From: Fighting For Space |
Citing financial mismanagement, BCs provincial government removed Townsend, Evans, and the entire leadership of the Portland Hotel Society. The organization was stripped of its autonomy, and the … | Travis Lupick | 25 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
From Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia, 2003 |
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a trial judge who ordered the provincial government to use its best efforts to build French-language school facilities by given dates and then … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
From Piss in a BagFrom: Any Other Way |
Gerald Hannon describes a homophobic prank he witnessed as a closeted young man in Toronto in the 1960s | Gerald Hannon | 1 | 2017 | $0.10 Add |
From R. v. Butler, 1992 |
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that while the obscenity provisions of the Criminal Code infringed the right to freedom of expression, they were justified as a reasonable limit under the … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
From The Legal Billy Club |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines how court injunctions are used by government and industry when Indigenous people take a stand for their land rights. He uses his personal experience as … | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
From Blockading a Mine |
Using the Red Chris Mine in British Columbia as an example Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel reveals how the legal system fails Indigenous people when they work to stop development that … | Arthur Manuel | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
From Fentanyl ArrivesFrom: Fighting For Space |
Since 2011, there has been a spike in drug overdose deaths in Vancouver. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid is ten time stronger than heroin and fifty times more potent than morphine. The fight goes on. | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
From Queenie and TedFrom: Any Other Way |
Kate Ziemen attempts to piece together the story of Queenie and Ted, a lesbian couple whose relationship lasted nearly half a century. | Kate Zieman | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
From R. v. Askov, 1990 |
The Supreme Court of Canada set out the factors to be considered in determining whether a person charged with an offence had been tried within a reasonable time in accordance with the Canadian … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 13 | 2017 | $1.30 Add |
From RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 1995 |
A divided Supreme Court of Canada issued several opinions on whether a law prohibiting advertising and promotion of tobacco products and the requirement on tobacco manufacturers to place an … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
From Canada (Attorney General) v. Hislop, 2007 |
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that after federal legislation recognized same-sex conjugal relationships, a same-sex spouse of a deceased Canada Pension Plan contributor was entitled to a … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
From Criminalization of Protest |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines Indigenous activism in Canada with particular focus on Idle No More and Defenders of the Land and how the Canadian government’s strategy is to use … | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
From Dyke Fight at the Blue JayFrom: Any Other Way |
Cathi Bond recalls a couple of eventful nights in Toronto in the 1970’s | Cathi Bond | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
From EpilogueFrom: Fighting For Space |
How did a group mostly composed of unemployed heroin users change the face of Canadian drug policy and health-care for addiction? It was not easy. | Travis Lupick | 21 | 2017 | $0.42 Add |