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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

SCC Finds Quebec Law Inapplicable to Federal Undertakings Under Interjurisdictional Immunity Doctrine

In Opsis Airport Services Inc. v. Quebec (Attorney General) (Opsis), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) affirmed that the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity (IJI) remains an essential feature of Canada’s federal...more

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MedMen’s Illegality Defense: Will the Court Take the Case?

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Can claiming you broke the law get you out of a contract? Illegality And Unforceability- MedMen – a Canadian corporation, and one of the best-known names in marijuana – recently made headlines for pulling an old trick:...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Canada's Attempt to Forever Alter the Constitutional Balance Impeded: Alberta Court of Appeal Rules

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The Alberta Court of Appeal, in a 4-1 decision, has ruled that the federal carbon pricing regime contemplated by the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, SC 2018, c12 s186 (the "Act") is unconstitutional, becoming the first...more

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