Application of legislation
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Law has a significant role in the process of governing life. Because the child support law and policy impose normative and coercive standards for post-divorce parenting, it is essential to ask how traditional meanings of motherhood and fatherhood are being challenged and/or reinforced through the application of this legislation. This article uses interviews with custodial and non-custodial parents to expand our understanding of what is happening "on the ground" pursuant to the child support law reforms. Three key themes will be exposed: parents' interpretations of the normative messages about parental responsibilities received from their legal experiences; the meaning of the "battle" metaphor parents used to describe their experiences navigating the family law system; and the disempower...
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Introduction
Three class actions decisions (the Marcotte and Adams files) were rendered on June 11, 2009 by the Superior Court of Québec, ordering ...
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...PINARD J. [1] This is an application for judicial review of a decision by the Immigrati... with provisions under the former legislation and the term A landing @ is no longer found in IRP...
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Given that only about two per cent of First Nations have full self-government agreements, this section of the legislation has the effect of singling out almost all First Nation governments. Provincial and municipal governments that receive cash transfers from the government of Canada will not be subject to the same scrutiny from the auditor general under the proposed legislation," he said. "And there is no justification given in any of the documentation presented by the government of Canada as to why the majority of First Nation governments would be singled out for the application of this aspect of the legislation. If the government of Canada is truly committed to recognizing First Nations rights in accordance with Canada's Constitution and maintaining the government-to-government rela...
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... who are or have been subject to the legislation of either States as regards the application of the...
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... finding of inadmissibility through an application for ministerial relief under the relevant legislat... of coherence that provisions of legislation, or a legislative scheme, are meant to work togeth...
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Pretty nice, wasn't it?" she said, when asked for a reaction to the ruling. "I couldn't believe that we had actually won. I looked through the decision thinking, 'OK, where's the negative here,' because we always have a negative. It's total disbelief; absolute total disbelief that what we thought should happen, what we thought was right to happen, actually happened.
The Crown argued that striking down or changing the section "would constitute an impermissible retroactive or retrospective application of the Charter in that it would require the court to apply the Charter to pre-1985 legislation;" that "the plaintiffs suffered no injury. The only difference between the plaintiffs and Indians entitled to registration ... is in relation to the status of their children. There is no right to...
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... in the field and pressed for legislation. Between 1993 and 1995, the federal government con... and those born as a result of their application. While the record does not detail these concerns, ...
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...SIMPSON J. [1] This application is for judicial review of a decision of the Correc... that certain sections of the Ontario legislation violated section 2(b) of the Charter . [32] On thi...
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... framed by the applicants, this is an application for judicial review pursuant to section 72 of the ... and in accordance with the relevant legislation. They say there is no evidence of bad faith, bias ...