La Rose v Canada: Positive Section 7 Rights and Environmental Public Interest Litigation with Professor Chris Tollefson

The Federal Court of Appeal recently held in La Rose v Canada 2023 FCA 241 that the novel claims of the youth challenging the federal government’s response to climate change can proceed to trial. Indi and Professor Chris Tollefson, who is co-counsel for the youth, discuss climate litigation, positive section 7 rights and what this decision will mean going forward. 

What is Stare Indecisis?

Exploring issues relevant to law students and the law at large. Stare Indecisis is a student-led podcast at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law affiliated with its law journal, Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform published by the Appeal Publishing Society.

Produced on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Lekwungen, Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
Hosts: Sarah Lachance (she/her), Camille O’Sullivan (she/her), Vinson Shih (he/him)