905 526-9800
contact@rossmcbride.com

Harper defence doesn’t fly for human rights lawyers

  • December 3, 2007
  • David Baker
  • Comments Off on Harper defence doesn’t fly for human rights lawyers

As of August 1, 2022, bakerlaw has joined forces with Ross & McBride LLP.
Our team is excited to become part of the formidable group of human rights, employment, and constitutional lawyers at Ross &smp; McBride. Our current and future clients will continue to receive the personalized, high-quality representation that has become synonymous with bakerlaw, and will benefit from the collaborative, cross-functional approach to complex issues that both we and Ross & McBride value. With the added resources of larger, full-service firm, this collaboration will allow us to take on new clients for the first time since October 2021. If you are seeking legal advice, please contact us at contact@rossmcbride.com.

The content on this page is no longer being updated here. For news and updated content you can find it on the Ross & McBride News page.

The Canadian Law Times today published a piece on the reaction of human rights lawyers to a defence the Harper government has provided Parliament in response to allegations Canada’s secret no-fly list may violate the Charter of Rights.

Bakerlaw’s Nicole Chrolavicius is quoted extensively in the piece. Ms. Chrolavicius represents Shahid Mahmood, a Pakistan-born Canadian citizen who has filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission after Air Canada prevented him from boarding a flight without explanation.

“Our major concern is the equality issue,” Nicole tells Law Times. “The Muslim and Arab population seems to be the population targeted by these no-fly lists.”

Read the full article in the Canadian Law Times.

Tags: