Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
In 1927, section 24 of the British North America Act – at the time, Canada’s Constitution and therefore its highest law – said that only “qualified persons” could be appointed to the Senate. Until this time, the government had interpreted Continue reading Iron in our souls
Victor Kosakovsky’s newest film, Gunda, opens with a sow giving birth to a litter of piglets. Neither she nor the newborn pigs have any doubt about her parentage of them: they scramble and scrabble to latch onto her teats within Continue reading What makes a legal parent?
Not surprisingly, my work exposes me to difficult family law cases on a regular basis. Occasionally, the outcome of a case makes me happy. But, because family law and family court still don’t do a good job of cases that Continue reading Who gets the pooch?
As fathers are celebrated next Sunday, few of the toasts raised to dads at family barbecues or on Hallmark cards will ask what a father is. Easy, you say. A father is the male parent of a child. But, as Continue reading What makes a father?