Category: Canadian Charter

Abortion Laws Legal Challenge: The Lessons of Brauer v. Canada

A courageous woman from Nova Scotia, Connie Brauer, tried to change the scandalous abortion situation in Canada by suing the federal government in the Federal Court in 2019. Brauer, a “self-represented party”—meaning she had no lawyer—sought, among other remedies, an immediate injunction banning all abortions in Canada and an immediate end to the public funding…


Abortion Law Legal Challenge: The Lessons of Brauer v. Canada

Commentary A courageous woman from Nova Scotia, Connie Brauer, tried to change the scandalous abortion situation in Canada by suing the federal government in the Federal Court in 2019. Brauer, a “self-represented party”—meaning she had no lawyer—sought, among other remedies, an immediate injunction banning all abortions in Canada and an immediate end to the public…


Opinion: How Has It Happened That Politicians Deny Universal Human Rights in Canada?

Commentary “The father of the modern human rights system is John Humphrey.”               – Nelson Mandela New Brunswick’s own John Humphrey was the author of the first draft of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Mandela’s statement should not mislead us to conclude that the idea of human rights…


How Has It Happened That Politicians Deny Universal Human Rights in Canada?

Commentary “The father of the modern human rights system is John Humphrey.”—Nelson Mandela New Brunswick’s own John Humphrey was the author of the first draft of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Mandela’s statement should not mislead us to conclude that the idea of human rights is a recent invention. It is not. The…