LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Affirmative Action, Canada Pension Plan, Unemployment Benefits

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Tim Bartkiw

Document Summary

Sources of law: constitution (especially charter of rights and freedoms, statutes (act) passed by legislature (provincial) or parliament (federal, regulations, case decisions: Judges (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) la(cid:449)(cid:863)(cid:895: other types of adjudicators (e. g. tribunals) 10% of labor force in canada: other 90% - provincial jurisdiction, note: certain powers restricted to feds under constitution, e. g. employment insurance act, canada pension plan. Creating statutes: public bills, 1st reading introduced by minister in legislature, 2nd reading committee, 3rd reading vote of legislature, private member bills, private bills (rare) Interesting federal acts: employee equity act, representation and status of certain disadvantaged groups (women, disabled, visible minorities, aboriginal, pipeda personal information protection and electronic documents act, restricts collection, use and disclosure of personal information held by organizations. Statutory interpretation: various aids or rules in interpreting and applying statutes to context, (cid:862)i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al aids(cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:862)e(cid:454)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al aids(cid:863) Case decisions: case decisions, by judges (courts, by other adjudicators/tribunals (e. g. wsib, olrb, hrto, etc. )