In this article, we consider the implications of growth attenuation should it ever arise in the Canadian context. While parental autonomy to make crucial health care decisions and exercise control over minors is not a right that should be lightly dismissed, we argue that growth attenuation is...

This article examines the contributions of modern schools of law and economics to the equality rights of workers with disabilities. While neo-classical law and economics generally advocates the supremacy of free markets to operate without government interference and legal regulation, many of the...

This article explores what legal scholars might learn from the neo-classical Law and Economics tradition in order to more effectively promote the equality rights of workers with disabilities. A long marginalized group that has to date received relatively little attention from Canadian legal...

In this paper, I use a variant of the social-political model of disablement to compare the duty to accommodate unionized workers with disabilities in Canada and the United States. Such comparisons are fruitful because despite the relative strength of Canadian unions, the two countries share a...

In this paper, we explore how Justice Gonthier’s decision in Nova Scotia (Workers’ Compensation Board) v. Martin contributed significantly to disability rights law. The legislation found to be unconstitutional in Martin created a separate track of benefits, limited to only four weeks, for...