This ruling is well appreciated. This plus the Mosley decision , plus the Bill put those political actors who are acting in bad faith or have poor legislation personally liable. Let the Small Claims Court decide.
... every official, from the Prime Minister down to a constable or a collector of taxes, is under the same responsibility for every act done without legal justification as any other citizen.
Very nicely done; I've shared with a comparative con law colleague. Just as our (the U.S.) constitutional architecture appears so vulnerable, and we start thinking more seriously about parliamentary systems, the Canadians decide . . . There is something very funny here, I suppose. At any rate, keep up the good work!
This ruling is well appreciated. This plus the Mosley decision , plus the Bill put those political actors who are acting in bad faith or have poor legislation personally liable. Let the Small Claims Court decide.
Roncarelli v. Duplessis, 1959, Supreme Court of Canada:
https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2751/index.do
... every official, from the Prime Minister down to a constable or a collector of taxes, is under the same responsibility for every act done without legal justification as any other citizen.
Very nicely done; I've shared with a comparative con law colleague. Just as our (the U.S.) constitutional architecture appears so vulnerable, and we start thinking more seriously about parliamentary systems, the Canadians decide . . . There is something very funny here, I suppose. At any rate, keep up the good work!