They refused to acknowledge a class ‑ based constitutional basis for journalist - source privilege under s. 2 (b) of the Charter, citing the reasons identified in the recent decision in R. v. National Post (mentioned previously here on Slaw by Simon Chester), (slaw.ca)
The courts below were right to apply the reasonableness standard: when an arbitrator interprets his or her enabling legislation to determine whether a dispute is arbitrable, applying the reasonableness standard undermines neither the rule of law nor the other constitutional bases of judicial review. (slaw.ca)
«It is unnecessary to rest our decision on the uncertain meaning of [federal law] when the Minnesota Constitution alone provides an independent and adequate state constitutional basis on which to decide.» (liberty-lawyer.com)