Emmett Macfarlane is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Waterloo. His book, Governing from the Bench: The Supreme Court of Canada and the Judicial Role, was published in 2013 by UBC Press.
Emmett Macfarlane: If the decent people implicated by the SNC-Lavalin affair engaged in some self-reflection, Tuesday’s decision would not have been necessary.
Opinion: The court decision that struck Bill 5 down hinges on incoherent legal arguments, and goes beyond the bounds of a judicial ruling—and that’s dangerous