Thanks to Claude, here is an English translation of my post on the Petrishki case (NB I have not verified the re-translated extracts from the Supreme Court of Canada judgments mentioned below) My subject this afternoon is the recent decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal in Procureur général du Québec c. Petrishki, 2025 QCCA 893, from […] Read more

I am giving a talk next week to the Conférence des juges administratifs du Québec on administrative independence. In part, I will reiterate points I discussed in detail here. But I also explain, by reference to a case that the Supreme Court of Canada will hear on appeal, that administrative tribunals are, in some circumstances, […] Read more

I have been increasingly bullish about the use of artificial intelligence in public administration. In a piece on “Artificial Intelligence and Administrative Tribunals“, I suggested that generative AI, such as Chat GPT or Claude, could be used to enhance the justification of decisions by providing reasons that are even more justified, transparent and intelligible than […] Read more

The interesting and important recent decision in  Evely v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Natural Resources), 2026 NSSC 118 is a very good example of what I have described as the “Doré Duty” in action.  Under the Doré duty, where Charter rights or values are engaged by administrative action, the decision-maker must demonstrate that it considered the effect of its decision […] Read more