203. Constitutional Principles and the Toronto (City Council) v Ontario Decision (with Professor Leonid Sirota)

Our host William Lundy is joined by Professor Leonid Sirota who is an Associate Professor of Law at Reading University in the UK. Professor Sirota is the founder of the Double Aspect Blog https://doubleaspect.blog/ and has written extensively on administrative and constitutional law issues. In this episode, Professor Sirota discusses the Supreme Court of Canada's 2021 Toronto (City Council) v Ontario decision, arguing that the majority opinion goes too far in holding that constitutional principles can never be used to invalidate legislation.

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