Indigenous lawyers upset over Trudeau’s Supreme Court pickTrudeau appointed Sheilah Martin—and not an Indigenous jurist—to the top court. Some see it as a missed opportunity.
The big shifts about to hit the Supreme Court of CanadaEvan Solomon talks to legal expert Vanessa MacDonnell about how a new judge and new Chief Justice will change the country’s high court
The Supreme Court judge who can’t sell his homeCanada’s newest Supreme Court justice tried to sell his St. John’s house when he started his new gig in Ottawa. It hasn’t gone well.
How Beverley McLachlin changed the face of the Supreme CourtHer record conveying what the court was all about matters as much as her rulings
The Shafia case is finished—finallyThe Supreme Court puts to rest the honour-killing saga that scarred the country and left Muslims feeling besieged
Portrait of a young ’honour killer’How an old family photo could derail Hamed Shafia’s last-ditch appeal
Legal eagles: A roundtable about the Supreme Court appointment processFour political scientists examine the government’s new Supreme Court appointment process from all angles, finding both upside and downsides
How a new appointment process ushers in Supreme Court transparencyThe government’s Supreme Court appointments policy improves what has typically been an opaque process—but it’s not perfect.
Murray Rankin on assisted dying’s trickier questionsMurray Rankin discusses a new report from a special committee of MPs and senators on physician-assisted dying
On assisted dying, doctors say fast work is now neededOttawa has four months to create new doctor-assisted dying laws. The Canadian Medical Association’s president on what comes next