Not Reserving Judgment Episode 71: Can Alberta legally secede? Plus, your tax dollars fund pro-carbon tax litigants.
Jan 22, 2025
39:27
On Episode 71, we explore the constitutionality of Alberta seceding from Canada, we update you on several of the cases that we're working on, we tell you why Meta's new policy doesn't promote hate speech, and explain how your tax dollars funded pro-carbon tax legal groups.
Stories and cases discussed in this week's episode:
- Feds Paid Carbon Tax Friends
- Reference re Secession of Quebec, 1998 CanLII 793 (SCC)
- Tasha Kheiriddin: Liberal response to Trump tariffs could break the country apart
- Interprovincial travel case intervention (Taylor v. Canada)
- Prince Edward Island free expression case (John Robertson)
- CCF to appear at Supreme Court in case about the scope of police search powers
- Ward v. Quebec, 2021 SCC 43 (CanLII)
Not Reserving Judgment is a podcast about Canadian constitutional law hosted by Josh Dehaas, Joanna Baron, and Christine Van Geyn.
The show is brought to you by the Canadian Constitution Foundation, a non-partisan legal charity dedicated to defending rights and freedoms. To support our work, visit theccf.ca/donate.