Margot Young

Margot Young is Professor of law at the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia. She researches in the area of constitutional law, equality rights, social and economic rights and the social justice issues of housing and income inequality. She is incoming co-editor of the Law and Society Review.

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Positive and Negative Rights Strike Again: Mathur v. Ontario

Positive and Negative Rights Strike Again: Mathur v. Ontario

The distinction between positive and negative rights continues to complicate, and defeat, constitutional recognition of social justice issues for Canadians. While many (convincingly) refute the relevance of this distinction, and some ...
Abbotsford v Shantz: Housing Rights and the Canadian Constitution

Abbotsford v Shantz: Housing Rights and the Canadian Constitution

The struggle for recognition of the right to adequate housing under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has not met with much success. Abbotsford (City) v Shantz is the most recent instalment in the struggle for housing ...
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