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“Fair” Elections Act – Government Backing Down on Disenfranchising Canadians?
I was legal counsel in a challenge to the introduction of mandatory Voter ID in Canadian federal elections. We argued that the government needed to provide a fail-safe mechanism to protect people’s...
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“No discrimination on the basis of family status” by Carmela Allevato
I had occasion to participate on a panel at the Bargaining in the Broader Public Sector 2014 Conference organized by Lancaster House. The panel, “What’s on the Bargaining Table: Emerging Issues,...
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A Map to the Oil Price Roller-Coaster
What’s in store for oil prices? Here’s the basic tug-of-war of forces that will shape the trajectory of oil prices over the next two or three years. Oil prices have plummeted because production has...
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Mini-rant on Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time is supposed to reduce energy use. It does not. In the modern economy, the benefit of lighter evenings is lost through darker mornings. The extension of DST a few years ago had no...
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Supreme Court Rulings Squeeze Utility Workers
Once every decade or so, the Supreme Court of Canada issues a decision in the field of utility regulation. These are invariably landmark cases that have a huge impact on the regulation of energy and...
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