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The Legal Regulation of the Care Economy in Canada – Practical and Theoretical Choices

Explore the court rulings shaping the legal regulation of the care economy in Canada, focusing on substantive and formal equality. Learn about landmark cases, the role of evidence in court, intervenors before appellate courts, and the economic realities faced by mothers as carers and workers.

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The Legal Regulation of the Care Economy in Canada – Practical and Theoretical Choices

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  1. The Legal Regulation of the Care Economy in Canada – Practical and Theoretical Choices Lorna A. Turnbull

  2. What have the Courts said? • Substantive Equality • Brooks: Supreme Court of Canada 1989 • Bliss: Supreme Court of Canada 1978 • Reference re Employment Insurance Act: Supreme Court of Canada 2005 • Formal Equality • The Federal Court of Appeal’s legacy • Harris: Federal Court of Appeal 2009

  3. The importance of Evidence if you are going to Court • Intervenors before the Appellate Courts • Expert witness evidence at first instance • Miceli-Riggins, Pension Appeal Board 2011

  4. Mothers as carers and workers • Gendered lives • Economic realities • Options for the future

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