In October 2020, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decided that a regulatory authority, the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association, unjustifiably infringed a nurse’s freedom of expression by reprimanding and fining her for making social media posts about the palliative care her…
The Court of Appeal recently upheld the constitutionality of reserved professional titles under B.C.’s Health Professions Act (“HPA”), and set aside a lower-court decision finding that the regime unjustifiably infringed freedom of expression (2019 BCSC 1670) in College of Midwives…
When the Supreme Court of Canada decided in Vavilov that “appellate standards” apply to all statutory “appeals” from tribunal decisions (unless the legislature stipulates otherwise), this changed the standard of review courts must apply to disciplinary appeals under s. 40…
Here is a quick recap of significant developments in professional regulation in 2019, starting with the “big bang” that occurred at the end of the year with Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Vavilov. 1.0 A new framework for “standard…
On October 23, 2019, Lisa C. Fong and Lauren Riva presented to the CBABC Health Law section on a two-year review of health law issues in Canada. This is the substance of the presentation The biggest challenge in preparing this…