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29/10/2024 30/10/2024 America/Toronto Advanced Administrative Law & Practice Advanced Administrative Law & Practice
October 29 – 30, 2024
Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Downtown, Ottawa, ON
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29/10/2024 30/10/2024 America/Toronto Advanced Administrative Law & Practice Advanced Administrative Law & Practice
October 29 – 30, 2024
Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Downtown, Ottawa, ON
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Workshop A — Decision Writing 1.0: The Essentials of Writing Jurisdictionally Compliant Decisions
Patricia Pledge
General Counsel, Advisory and Legislative Initiatives
Justice Canada, Legislative Services Branch
- Reviewing the "correctness" and "reasonable" standards, the constitutional divisions of power, and inherent jurisdiction (e.g., Vavilov)
- Learning the principles of statutory interpretation
- Special considerations for decisions made by regulatory bodies (i.e., the Auer and TransAlta cases, currently on reserve at the Supreme Court)
- Establishing "responsive reasonableness" (e.g., Mason) in your reasons
- Considering international law, where applicable (e.g., Mason)
- Incorporating the concept of "proportionality" for decisions that engage Charter rights or values (e.g., Northwest Territories)
- Understanding rights of appeal (e.g. Yatar) and legislative intent with respect to limiting rights of appeal