UCalgary Law grad and PILC mainstay Daniella Marchand became a lawyer this week. Well done, Daniella!

Cool job alert! Aka mine ☺️ DM me if you want to chat. It's a great gig with a great team in a great faculty UCalgary Law
I'd love for our students to be in the best hands while I'm on leave 👐
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/9848881-c…

Public interest standing is crucial to protecting access to justice in environmental cases and beyond.

That’s why we’re appealing a recent decision in NS which denied our clients public interest standing in a case central to the Goldboro LNG project. bit.ly/3xr1t9F

Canada has banned conversion therapy. CPLEA will host a virtual panel June 1 at 1:30PM to discuss political, legal, psycho-social, youth and lived experience perspectives on this law. Register for this free webinar at cplea.ca/ban.

Almost all the conduct described in this reporting is illegal under section 92 of FOIP.

A new ABlawg post from me about a human rights complaint that an eviction was based on the protected ground of mental disability. The complaint did not get to a hearing, but I argue that it should have gotten at least that far.

ablawg.ca/2022/05/03/res… via ABlawg

New post: Choice vs Coercive Control: The Alberta Court of Appeal Decision in R v Naslund ablawg.ca/2022/04/29/cho…

Grosse semaine pour le CN.
D'abord, ce mépris répété du français lapresse.ca/affaires/entre…
Ensuite, ce saccage d'un milieu humide
lapresse.ca/actualites/env…

The 2022/2023 Orphan Fund Levy for orphan oil and gas infrastructure has been set at $72 million (note $30 million of it will pay back existing government loans). aer.ca/regulating-dev…
That's far too low to make progress on the orphan well problem, as we explained:

New post: Alberta Extends the Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service Regulation for Another 5 Years ablawg.ca/2022/04/11/alb…

Hey UCalgary Law students! Good luck on your exams! Ian Holloway