Law Students

Canadian Constitutional Law #11: Interjurisdictional Immunity Doctrine

By Erin

We continue our study of the many, many doctrines of Canadian Constitutional theory with the Interjurisdictional Immunity Doctrine, which exempts certain federal undertakings (think Bell Canada) from provincial laws which are otherwise valid. In this podcast you will learn:

• where labour laws go to die.
• what a hopeless anglo sounds like when she tries to read the titles of french cases.
• why my spell-check doesn’t recognize Interjurisdictional as a word.

Commission du Salaire Minimum v Bell Telephone Co. of Canada (1966) “Bell #1″
McKay v the Queen (1965)
Commission de la Sante et de la Securite du Travail v Bell Canada (1988) “Bell #2″
Orden Estate v. Grail (1998)
R. v Pacific Railway (1995)
Irwin Toy Ltd v Quebec (1989)

Full post as published by Life of a Law Student on November 24, 2006 (boomark / email).