Looking forward to participating in the 2025 Courts & Politics Research Group annual spring workshop today with colleagues from political science. Kate Puddister and Emmett Macfarlane have done a terrific job putting the program together.

In 2022, the @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social and the CIAJ held a conference to mark the retirement of Justice Rosalie Abella from the Supreme Court of Canada. I am delighted that an open-access collection flowing from the conference has now been published! utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781552216712

On June 2, we will be holding a symposium at the UK Parliament on the unwritten rules, norms and principles that make constitutional government work. To join us, please contact @paolosandro.bsky.social at the email address below. Looking forward to seeing many colleagues there!

Excited to be in Taipei this week for Academia Sinica’s 2025 Comparative Constitutional Law Roundtable, hosted by Professor Oran Doyle. Interesting papers on comparative method, judicial agenda setting and constitutional amendment, among others.

I spoke with UN Secretary-General António Guterres today. In this time of rising conflict, Canada is ready to lead. We will build coalitions, defend democracy, and stand up for our values on the world stage. As others step back from global leadership, Canada is stepping up.

Congratulations to @yybrandonc.bsky.social for this work in the SCC in the Kanyinda case!

Y.Y. Brandon Chen@yybrandonc.bsky.social · last yr.

Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to hear the Kanyinda case in 2 weeks. I'm honoured to act as counsel for @fcjrefugeecentre.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy & @madhucentre.bsky.social in their joint intervention. We argue the Canadian Charter must meaningfully protect substantive equality of migrants.

Bravo to our brilliant students for putting together this podcast on the prorogation decision, and to Mallory Dunlop, the student team member who worked with us on our intervention in MacKinnon, for her stellar commentary on the case in this podcast.

Revue de droit d’Ottawa | Ottawa Law Review@rdo-olr.bsky.social · last yr.

In this episode, @vanessamacdonnell.bsky.social joins Associate Editors Devon Lamont, Stephanie Katajamaki, and Zach Auger to dissect MacKinnon v Canada (Attorney General). Listen to the latest episode of the OLR Podcast here: rdo-olr.org/podcasts/epi...

Terence Daintith and Alan Page's book Executive Self-Government and the Constitution is out!! academic.oup.com/book/59801?l...

Executive Self-Government and the Constitution

Abstract. Over the last 25 years, UK governments have faced a series of challenges and changes of an intensity almost unprecedented in peacetime: some thru

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INSCRIPTION MAINTENANT OUVERTE! Le @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social, @umontreal.ca et @schulichlaw.bsky.social tiendra une conférence académique pour marquer le 150e anniversaire de la Cour suprême du Canada. Informations sur la conférence et les modalités d'inscription ici: lnkd.in/esKJMbqR

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! On June 10-12, 2025, the @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social, the @umontreal.ca and @schulichlaw.bsky.social will hold an academic conference to mark the 150th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada. Conference and registration details here: lnkd.in/esKJMbqR. Join us!

As we kick off an election in Canada this morning, for those concerned w/ the potential for undue electoral interference in this election — and we all shld be — it is worth taking a minute and familiarizing yourself w/ the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol. www.canada.ca/en/democrati...

Election time!

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · last yr.

I have just asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call a federal election on April 28. We need to build the strongest economy in the G7. We need to deal with President Trump’s tariffs. Canadians deserve a choice about who should lead that effort for our country.

It’s no small thing that Canadian democracy stands strong (even if there is still room for improvement) at a time when democracy is under threat and in decline worldwide.

So richly deserved - way to go @jcyliew.bsky.social !!

UOttawa, Section de common law | Common Law Section@uocommonlaw.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 Huge congratulations to Professor @jcyliew.bsky.social on Dandelion finishing as the runner-up in the 2025 #CanadaReads competition! 📚 Your storytelling on identity & belonging continues to inspire. So proud to have you in our community! 👏 #uOttawaLaw @uottawa.bsky.social

New Substack on the recent John Howard decision macdonnell.substack.com/p/securing-t...

Bill Blair says DND is reconsidering buying F-35s from the U.S. amid tensions with the Trump administration.

Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister | CBC News

Canada is looking at cancelling a major portion of its purchase of U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighters and plans on opening talks with rival aircraft makers, Defence Minister Bill Blair said.

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The Canadian Bar Association welcomes the appointment of The Honourable Gary Anandasangaree as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. We look forward to working with him and his cabinet colleagues: https://bit.ly/4iMa8Zd

Full Ministry listing here: www.pm.gc.ca/en/cabinet

Cabinet

Right Honourable Mark Carney - Le très honorable Mark Carney

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Gary Anandasangaree is Canada’s New Minister of Justice and Attorney General. He is also Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern affairs (!)

Website has been updated! www.pm.gc.ca/en

Right Honourable Mark Carney

Home Page of the Right Honourable Mark Carney

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By the looks of it Carney has resiled from Trudeau’s practice of having a gender equal cabinet?

SCC majority concludes that the use of the balance of probabilities standard in prison disciplinary proceedings violates Charter ss 11(d) and 7 - presumption of innocence. Important decision for prison law with some stare decisis thrown in for good measure. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

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Mark Carney aims for smaller cabinet, team planning to drop over a dozen ministers: sources | CBC News

Prime minister-designate Mark Carney is aiming for a much leaner cabinet as he prepares to get sworn in on Friday at Rideau Hall.

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Please join @sonialawprof.bsky.social, Benjamin Berger, and myself on April 4 at our 28th Annual Osgoode Constitutional Cases Conference. It's an important time to be thinking about the hopes and the limits of Canadian Constitutional Law. Please share. Hybrid format: www.yorku.ca/osgoode/conc...

New Substack: Wondering How Government Transitions Work? Read These Documents lnkd.in/eN7-tQEU

My preliminary thoughts on the Federal Court's decision in MacKinnon: lnkd.in/ehsVzfUv. The Chief Justice has opened the door to a limited form of judicial review of prorogation, but politics and convention will largely continue to govern the Prime Minister's advice on prorogation.

New post: my thoughts on the Federal Court of Canada dismissing the challenge to the prorogation of Parliament ― the right outcome, a flawed decision, but rather better than it might have been.

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The Federal Court dismisses the challenge to the prorogation of Parliament

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Great post by @emmettmacfarlane.com on the prorogation case.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦@emmettmacfarlane.com · last yr.

NEW POST: Dissecting the Federal Court's decision on prorogation emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/dissecting...

New at In Defence of Westminster: open.substack.com/pub/lagassep...