Latest Civil-liberties Podcast Episodes
Episode 37: Supreme court briefing
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - March 14, 2024 13:00 - 46 minutesNadia Effendi joins us again to review the output of the Supreme Court last year, shares her thoughts regarding Chief Justice Richard Wagner’s recent comments about the high number of judicial vacancies as well as comments about restricting interveners to virtual appearance. We discuss some rece...
Episode 36: Dr. Anton Korynevych on the effort to create a Special Tribunal on Crimes of Aggression Against Ukraine.
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - February 22, 2024 14:00 - 51 minutesAs Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the two-year mark – 10 years since the invasion of the Crimean Peninsula – the situation is dire. The ground battle had become mostly deadlocked until Ukrainians retreated earlier this month from the town of Avdiivka. Support from Western democraci...
Episode 35: Justice Minister Arif Virani on criminal law reform, expanding MAiD and the state of our courts
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - February 15, 2024 14:00 - 34 minutesOur guest today is Arif Virani, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada who has kindly agreed to share with our listeners the status of several pressing issues. We discuss criminal justice reform, the recent pause on the expansion of medical assistance in dying and plans to introd...
Episode 34: Amanda Chaboryk and Alex Hawley on how to use AI in a legal practice
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - January 25, 2024 14:00 - 47 minutesIn the field of law, there are several crucial areas where generative AI demonstrates considerable promise – namely in the efficiencies it can create in contract generation, document review, legal research, and predictive analytics. So it’s expected to become an indispensable productivity tool a...
Episode 33: Woodrow Hartzog on the dangers of regulating AI with half measures
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - December 14, 2023 14:00 - 56 minutesWe've been talking a lot about AI on the podcast and on CBA National, and one of the issues that keeps coming up is the challenge for a country like Canada in selecting the right approach to regulating AI risk. It's not as if there's a single model out there. The EU is trying to set the gold s...
Episode 32: Dr. Carys Craig on generative AI and the dangers of the copyright trap
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - December 07, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourOne of the significant controversies about AI is the impact of generative software on the use and production of cultural works. The fast-growing popularity of these tools raises big questions about the ethics of AI-generated works and whether they amount to a technologically advanced form of pla...
Episode 31: Supreme court briefing
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - October 30, 2023 19:30 - 33 minutesMary Moreau of Alberta has been tapped to fill the vacancy left by Russel Brown on the Supreme Court. Nadia Effendi gives us some background on Justice Moreau and what her nomination means. Effendi also discusses the Supreme Court’s latest rulings in the IAA reference, Mason v. Canada (Citizens...
Episode 30: Benjamin Perrin puts Canada’s criminal justice system on trial
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - October 26, 2023 13:00 - 1 hourIf you think that description of our criminal justice system is a bit harsh, well, you should read the latest book by our guest today. Benjamin Perrin is a law professor at the UBC's Allard School of Law. He has served in the Prime Minister of Canada's Office as in-house legal counsel and le...
Episode 29: Kristen van de Biezenbos on Canada’s complicated path to decarbonization
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - October 05, 2023 13:00 - 53 minutesKristen van de Biezenbos, a law professor at California Western, teaches environmental, energy and climate change law and has written extensively about energy justice and electricity regulation. Her research has also brought her to Canada – she taught for several years at the University of Calga...
Episode 28: Jordan Furlong discusses what generative AI means for the profession
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - September 07, 2023 13:00 - 49 minutesJordan Furlong is an analyst and forecaster for the legal sector, focused on the most important trends shaping the provision of legal services and the formation and regulation of lawyers. He’s the author of a weekly Substack on a range of critical topics for the legal profession, and of the book...
Episode 27: Supreme court briefing
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - June 30, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutesYves Faguy catches up again with Nadia Effendi of BLG to brief us on the latest at the Supreme Court of Canada. Effendi is a partner at BLG, based out of Toronto and Ottawa, a member of the CBA’s Federal Courts Bench and Bar Liaison Committee. She is also the chair of BLG's Appellate Advocacy an...
Episode 26: Defamation law in the age of (mis)information
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - June 29, 2023 13:00 - 47 minutesYves Faguy speaks with Justin Safayeni, partner at Stockwoods LLP, about defamation law, anti-SLAPP legislation, and their effects on freedom of expression. In today's digital age, information has become a powerful tool, capable of spreading rapidly and influencing public opinion like never ...
Episode 25: Lisa Middlemiss on Canada’s ambitious immigration target
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - May 18, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutesIn 2022, Canada experienced a major milestone as it welcomed over 437,000 immigrants, leading to annual population growth of over one million for the first time in history. The country has set an even more ambitious target of welcoming 500,000 new immigrants yearly by 2025. While there are compe...
Épisode 24: La prise de décision automatisée en droit administratif
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - May 04, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutesL'intelligence artificielle représente une avancée technologique majeure et transformationnelle. Alors que les voix s’élèvent pour réclamer une pause sur l’utilisation de l’IA, le temps de reprendre le contrôle de « ces boîtes noires imprévisibles », les tribunaux administratifs sont en quelque ...
Episode 23: Guy Pratte and the Art of Persuasion
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - April 20, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutesTo most legal professionals, Guy Pratte doesn't need an introduction. He is a senior counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, a highly sought-after lawyer with vast experience in commercial litigation, class actions, administrative and constitutional law, and public inquiries. He's a veteran of t...
Episode 22: The Charter’s strange history with gender equality rights
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - April 05, 2023 13:00 - 57 minutesYves Faguy speaks with UNB associate law professor Kerri A. Froc about gender equality rights, the notwithstanding clause and why the Supreme Court’s composition matters. Kerri is an associate professor at UNB Law, as well as a Trudeau and Vanier Scholar. She has taught courses at Carleton U...
Episode 21: Supreme court briefing
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - February 23, 2023 14:00 - 37 minutesIn this episode, Yves Faguy catches up again with Nadia Effendi of BLG to brief us on the latest at the Supreme Court of Canada. Effendi is a partner at BLG, based out of Toronto and Ottawa, a member of the CBA’s Federal Courts Bench and Bar Liaison Committee. She is also the chair of BLG's Appe...
Episode 20: It’ll take more than hard drug decriminalization to beat the overdose crisis
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - February 16, 2023 14:00 - 1 hourYves Faguy speaks with Vancouver lawyer and advocate Rob Laurie about B.C.'s decriminalization pilot and what governments need to do for it to succeed. We're still in the early stages of a ground-breaking change in drug policy in British Columbia. For the next three years, adults will not be...
Épisode 19: Comment la loi peut contrer les risques de l’intelligence artificielle
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - February 14, 2023 14:00 - 47 minutesNotre invitée est Céline Castets-Renard, chercheure régulière au Centre de recherche en droit, technologie et société de l’Université d’Ottawa, et professeure titulaire à la Section de droit civil de la Faculté de droit. Elle est titulaire de la Chaire de recherche de l’Université sur l’intelli...
Episode 18: A personal story about alcohol and substance abuse in the legal profession
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - January 12, 2023 14:00 - 54 minutesIn October, CBA National reported on findings from a recent national study, spearheaded by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and the CBA, that rang the alarm on the wellness of legal professionals. The study shone a light on the heavy toll that daily work takes on legal professionals. Th...
Episode 17: Everything, everywhere all at once: Challenges for the legal profession ahead
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - December 22, 2022 14:00 - 1 hourYves Faguy speaks with legal sector analyst Jordan Furlong, author of Law21.ca, about the multiplying disruptions facing the legal profession all at once. With so many overlapping crises happening at once, feeding off one another and contributing to the unraveling of longstanding institutions, ...
Episode 16: Competition law and inclusive growth
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - December 15, 2022 14:00 - 1 hourYves Faguy speaks with economist Robin Shaban, founder of Vivic Research about competition law and why reforms should aim to make it more growth inclusive. Robin Shaban is the co-founder and associate at Vivic research, an economic consultancy for organizations working towards positive socia...
Episode 15: Supreme court briefing
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - November 25, 2022 20:30 - 23 minutesEpisode 15: Supreme Court briefing In this episode, Yves Faguy speaks with Nadia Effendi of BLG to brief us on the latest at the Supreme Court of Canada. Effendi is a partner at BLG, based out of Toronto and Ottawa, a member of the CBA’s Federal Courts Bench and Bar Liaison Committee. She is...
Episode 14: Reviving Indigenous law as a source of Canadian law
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - November 10, 2022 14:00 - 54 minutesYves Faguy speaks with law professor Tuma Young, KC, of Cape Breton University about the revitalization of Indigenous legal orders and what it means to braid them into Canada’s contemporary system of laws. Young, who grew up in the traditions of the Eskasoni First Nation, is a researcher and...
Episode 13: Transforming our courts using technology
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - October 13, 2022 13:00 - 51 minutesYves Faguy speaks with Karen Eltis of the University of Ottawa about our courts’ modernization efforts and the challenges ahead. Professor Eltis is the contributing editor to the CBA No Turning Back Report, released in February 2021. She is a law professor at the University of Ottawa and speci...
Episode 12: Supreme Court briefing
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - October 07, 2022 20:00 - 22 minutesEpisode 12: Supreme Court briefing In this episode, Yves Faguy speaks with Nadia Effendi of BLG to brief us on the latest at the Supreme Court of Canada. Effendi is a partner at BLG, based out of Toronto and Ottawa, a member of the CBA’s Federal Courts Bench and Bar Liaison Committee. She is...
Episode 11: Designing a privacy regime for the age of AI
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - September 08, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutesYves Faguy speaks with Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim about aligning our values as a society with laws governing privacy fit for the coming age of AI. Patricia Kosseim began her career as a lawyer in Montréal at Heenan Blaikie, practising in health law, priv...
Designing a privacy regime for the age of AI
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - September 08, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutesYves Faguy speaks with Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim about aligning our values as a society with laws governing privacy fit for the coming age of AI. Patricia Kosseim began her career as a lawyer in Montréal at Heenan Blaikie, practising in health law, priv...
MODERN LAW Episode 10: Our Property Rights, Digital Jail and the Charter
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - June 09, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutesYves Faguy speaks with Malcolm Lavoie of the University of Alberta and an associate counsel at Miller Thomson about our property rights in an increasingly cashless and digital economy. To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): [email protected]
Our Property Rights, Digital Jail, and the Charter
Modern Law - Droit Moderne - June 09, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutesYves Faguy speaks with Malcolm Lavoie of the University of Alberta and an associate counsel at Miller Thomson about our property rights in an increasingly cashless and digital economy. To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): [email protected]
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