Canada

Education

I. Right to Education
1. General
2. Right to Attend School Without Fees
3. Duties of the School Administrators
II. Compulsory Attendance
1. Obligations
2. Offences
3. Statutory Excuses for Non-Attendance
4. Enforcing School Attendance
III. Rights of Pupils Within School
1. Charter of Rights and Freedoms
2. Privacy
IV. Equality of Education Rights
1. Denominational Schools
2. Language of Instruction
3. Discrimination
V. First Nations Children
1. Jurisdiction Over Education
2. Compulsory Attendance
3. Language of Instruction
VI. Conduct and Discipline
1. Supervision and Codes of Conduct
2. Discipline
3. Conduct of Teachers and Board Employees

Elections

I. Introduction
1. Importance of the Right to Vote
2. Legislative Context
3. General Elections
II. Election Officers
1. Overview
2. Chief and Deputy Chief Electoral Officer
3. Assistant Chief and Staff of the Chief Electoral Officer
4. Election Advisory Committee or Election Commission
5. Commissioners
6. Returning Officers
7. District Electoral Officer
8. Officer Appointed to Assist Returning Officers
9. Officers and Others Appointed for Polling Stations
III. Initiation of the Election Process
1. Order to Issue Writ of Election and Setting Date of Election
2. Issue of the Writ
3. Proclamation of an Election
IV. Electoral Districts, Divisions and Constituencies
1. Division for Purposes of Elections
2. Voter Parity
3. Federal Electoral Districts
4. Provincial Electoral Districts
5. Polling Divisions
V. Voters
1. Entitlement to Vote
2. Disqualification from voting
3. Registration and Lists of Electors
4. Enumeration
5. Voters Lists
VI. Political Parties and Candidates
1. Political Parties
2. District Associations and Constituency Associations
3. Leadership Contests
4. Nomination Contests
5. Candidates
VII. General Voting Opportunities
1. Election Materials
2. Polling Stations
3. Hours of Voting
4. Procedures Immediately Before and After Opening of the Poll
5. Proceedings at the Poll
VIII. Special Voting Opportunities
1. Advance Polls
2. Electors Temporarily Outside of the Jurisdiction
3. Armed Forces Personnel
4. Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Similar Institutions
5. Prisoners
6. Voting Pursuant to Special and Mail-In Ballots
IX. Counts, Validations and Recounts
1. Overview
2. Stage 1 – Counting the votes
3. Stage 2 – Checking Validity of the Initial Count
4. Quebec
5. Stage 3 – Recounts and Additions
6. Post-Count Procedures
7. Tie Vote
8. Contesting and Voiding of Elections
X. Election Communications, Expenses and Contributions
1. Election or Political Advertising
2. Administration of Expense and Contribution Provisions
3. Election Expenses
4. Political Contributions
5. Financial Statements and Reports
6. Third Parties
XI. By-Elections, Referendums and Plebiscites
1. By-Elections
2. Referendums and Plebiscites
XII. Enforcement of Elections Legislation
1. Investigation and Prosecution of Offences
2. General offences and punishment
3. Particular Offences
4. Corrupt and Illegal Practices

Jeffery Wilson, B.A., LL.B. & Sheila Nemet-Brown, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B.; Contributing Editor: Catherine Morin, B.Mus. (Hons.), LL.B.

Education

Jeffrey Wilson, B.A, LL.B., has practised law for thirty years, and is a certified Law Society of Upper Canada “Specialist in Family Law”. Mr. Wilson, who graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar in 1978, is the Senior Partner at Wilson Christen LLP. Jeffery Wilson is an accredited family law Arbitrator, and author of the Halsbury’s^® Laws of Canada Infants and Children title, as well as Wilson On Children and the Law, a 1,500 page looseleaf service, in its 31^st year of publication. He is the Editor of Ontario Family Law Reporter, a monthly family law reporting service and practice commentary, also in its 31^st year of publication. Mr. Wilson has lectured in Canada and abroad, largely in relation to his extensive involvement with private non-governmental organizations. He spoke in San Diego at the first Tri-Nation Child Labour Conference convened under the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation. He was also the Canadian speaker at the commemorative meeting on the 10^th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and traveled to Geneva on behalf of the Canadian Coalition on the Rights of Children to address the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Canada’s performance under the Convention. Most recently, Mr. Wilson presented the 5^th Annual Lowery Lecture on Children’s Rights under the auspices of Defence for Children International Canada. He is a founding member and Director to the Toronto-based clinic Justice for Children and Youth, and creator of The Law and Youth: Taking Ownership of Knowledge for Powerworkshop series. He is a recipient of the prestigious Advocates’ Society Award of Justice for his advocacy and was selected by the National Post as among Canada’s best family law lawyers. Mr. Wilson is currently teaching as an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

Sheila Nemet-Brown, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B.,is a product development editor for LexisNexis Canada. She is also the author of the Halsbury’s Laws of Canada Cemeteries and Interment and Inquests, Coroners and Medical Examiners titles. In addition to her work on Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, Sheila has developed and edited the Canada Criminal Sentencing Digest, and LexisNexis’s Canada Quantum Digest Series.