Gib van Ert
@gibvanert.bsky.social
Lawyer at Olthuis van Ert, Vancouver and Ottawa. https://ovcounsel.com/gib-van-ert/
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Are you, like me, fretting about the the erosion of the rule of law? Want a small dose of hope with your freak out? Take a listen to my conversation with international law experts @gibvanert.bsky.social and Miriam Cohen! #canlaw #ruleoflaw
Modern Law - Droit Moderne
Education Podcast · Updated Monthly · Modern Law: Verdicts and Voices is a monthly podcast hosted by Alison Crawford in which we unpack key legal stories and celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Sup...
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March 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Are you, like me, fretting about the the erosion of the rule of law? Want a small dose of hope with your freak out? Take a listen to my conversation with international law experts @gibvanert.bsky.social and Miriam Cohen! #canlaw #ruleoflaw
US annexation of Canada is contrary to both international law and the Canadian constitution. Here is an article I co-wrote with Prof. Rob Currie KC and the Hon. Allan Rock KC on how—if things get truly dire—Canadian courts and lawyers can resist US annexation: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...
Canadian courts must be ready to resist U.S. annexation
If Canada’s independence is actively threatened, political and popular resistance could require the support of legal and judicial resistance.
policyoptions.irpp.org
March 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
US annexation of Canada is contrary to both international law and the Canadian constitution. Here is an article I co-wrote with Prof. Rob Currie KC and the Hon. Allan Rock KC on how—if things get truly dire—Canadian courts and lawyers can resist US annexation: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...
This piece must have set some sort of record for journalistic prescience.
My latest, on the importance of thinking ahead, in line with Trump’s rapidly worsening behaviour: we need to be prepared to respond, not to what Trump has done to us to date, but to what he’s likely to do to us in future
Opinion: Brace yourselves: whatever crazy, awful things Trump may have done to date, it’s only going to get worse
The world has never before been faced with such a threat. The United States has handed the nuclear codes to a madman, a criminal, a would-be dictator and a moron
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February 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This piece must have set some sort of record for journalistic prescience.