Volume 40-4 Mar / Apr 2016
Table of Contents
Featured Articles: Municipalities and Environmental Law
Special Report: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Departments
Columns
Featured Articles: Municipalities and Environmental Law
Unleashing the Environmental Power of Municipalities
Brenda Heenan Powell
A new Municipal Government Act for Alberta could substantially boost the powers of municipalities to protect the environment.
Ben Henderson
All across Canada, municipalities are using the Municipal Green Fund to make a difference to the environment.
In Praise of Urban Forests
Mike Rosen
Provincial laws make it possible for cities to build communities with trees.
Common Neighbourhood Disputes and Resolutions
Melanie Webber
Neighbours should always talk first and complain to City Hall if that fails.
The Municipal Government Board
Peter Bowal
Learn the difference between LARBs and CARBs as we walk you through the most powerful of municipal boards.
Special Report: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Era of Reconciliation: A Sacred Relationship
Troy Hunter
The Truth and Reconciliation Report stresses what we have long known: we are all in this together.
The Indian Residential Schools: A Timeline
John Edmond
The chronology of the residential schools spans centuries and generations.
Truth and Reconciliation is Canada’s Last Chance to Get it Right
John Ralston Saul
Canada’s Indigenous peoples have been patient: now we must act.
Calls to Action: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report
John Edmond
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report made 94 recommendations. They will require action from multiple levels of government, institutions and even the Pope!
Departments
Benchpress
Teresa Mitchell
Gonzo Language!, Representative Juries, and A Tough Spot
Columns
Landlord and Tenant Law
Judy Feng
Shared Accommodation Problems: What Can a Tenant Do?
Family Law
John-Paul Boyd
Dealing with Pets After Separation: Part 1
Human Rights Law
Linda McKay-Panos
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Sets the Stage for First Nations’ Discrimination Cases.
Employment Law
Peter Bowal and Nicole Bowal
Sometimes, Re-instating an Employee is in No one’s Best Interests.
Criminal Law
Melody Izadi
Making a Mockery of the Justice System
Law and Literature
Rob Normey
The Best We Can Do: A Famous British Trial as Chronicled by a Murder Mystery Writer.
Famous Cases
Peter Bowal and Aleksandar Gvozdenovic
Scandalous Criminal Allegations: The Miazga Case