A shortened version of this editorial was published under the same title by The Lawyer’s Daily on June 1, 2022. Barry W. Bussey On May 13, 2022, Ontario Superior Court Justice J. Fregeau issued his decision in Alford v. Canada (Attorney General)[1] striking down...
Barry W. Bussey “Traitor! You’re Not Welcome Here!” Those were the words (along with other insults) that confronted NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh when he was visiting an NDP candidate headquarters in Peterborough, Ontario. Ontario will have its provincial...
Barry W. Bussey “History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” So said David McCullough, an American historian who authored some of the most engaging biographies of American leaders. McCullough’s pithy statement is profound. Our present is wrapped...
Barry W. Bussey Someone (we do not know who) will be deemed a hero, by some, that eclipses Hercules. He or she will be branded a demon, by others, that eclipses Eris. That someone just leaked to the news site Politico one of the most explosive stories of our time: the...
Read Part One, “The Charter at 40” here. The first time that I began to question the utility of the Charter was during law school. I remember studying a course called Civil Liberties, taught by Professor Ian Hunter at Western University in London, Ontario. Professor...
PART ONE: The Political Maneuvering Barry W. Bussey On a cold April day in 1982, her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gave her Royal Assent to the Constitution Act 1982, entrenching the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This marked the end of a career-long aspiration...
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