Cases
Some of our important cases range from the protection of human rights in the area of employment discrimination, prisoner rights, harassment of First Nations, defense of civil rights and advocacy in cases of racial and religious profiling.
Islam v. Dalhousie University
, 2015 NSSC 285
Employee right to pursue arbitration alleging discrimination where employer alleging frustration of contract based on disability.
Tremblay v. Canada (Attorney General)
, 2005 FC 339
Federal Court order for Canadian Human Rights Commission to disclose records relating to reasonable apprehension of bias allegation raised by complainant.
Grant v. Canada (Public Safety Canada)
, 2010 FC 958
Judicial review of a prisoner transfer case from the United States to Canada.
Lebon v. Canada (Public Safety Canada)
, 2012 FC 1500
Prisoner transfer case finding Minister of Public Safety was biased in denying prisoner transfer.
Madeley v. Canada (Public Safety Canada)
, 2016 FC 634
Application for prisoner access to parole information during pre-release prisoner fair.
Abdelrazik v. Canada (Foreign Affairs)
, 2009 FC 580
Application to allow Canadian citizen to reenter Canada who was being denied from entry based on United Nations anti-terrorism listing.
Regina v Nur
, 2015 ONSC 7777
Motion to vary search warrant sealing order on the basis of religious profiling.
Chabot c. Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord
, 2010 HRTO 2460
Human rights complaint alleging discrimination against members of Raëlian order in respect of delivery of contracts for service.
McCormick v. Canada (Minister of Health)
, 2005 FC 754
Judicial review of a denial pay equity adjustment to female nurses who are registered with Ontario First Nations band in comparison to their counterparts employed by the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada (FNIHB).
Murray v. Canada (Attorney General)
, 2013 FC 49
Judicial review of a denial of reclassification of Immigration and Refugee Board case officer positions based on racial discrimination.
Budlakoti v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)
, 2014 FC 855
Application to the Federal Court for a declaration to restore Canadian citizenship on behalf of a person born in Canada whose citizenship was removed because of an allegation that his parents were working as domestic staff for foreign diplomats at the time of his birth.
Figueiredo-Currie v. Canada
, 2006 CanLII 67649 (CA IRB)
Jurisdictional argument to prevent deportation order against adopted minor convicted of a serious criminal offense.
Mahjoub (Re)
, 2013 FC 10
One in a series of decisions relating to the review of detention conditions for Mohamed Mahjoub who has been detained under the terms of an immigration security certificate since 2000 without criminal charge and despite the finding that he has committed no criminal act.
Humanics Institute v. Canada (National Revenue)
, 2014 FCA 265
Appeal of a Canada Revenue Agency decision denying charitable status to an organization based on unique spiritual and humanitarian values on the ground that it is not a religion.
Noble v. York University Foundation
, 2010 ONSC 399
Motion allowing the examination of corporate board member to answer questions regarding his belief about the pro-Israel orientation of specific individuals with ties to the York University Fourndation.