Christian Vandergeest
Christian is a former research assistant at Cardus. He is currently pursuing a law degree at Harvard Law School.
Bio last updated April 27th, 2019.
Articles by Christian Vandergeest
Diversity in the Courts a Win for Canadians
By Christian Vandergeest
July 30, 2015
The appointment has garnered critical attention because Justice Miller holds views that don’t align with decisions of the current Supreme Court Most prominently, Miller holds to the legal philosophy of originalism and has criticised the current interpretation of Section 7 of the Charter of Rights, which he sees as inhibiting the government’s ability to defend laws that protect the “morally valuable aspects of a national culture and its morally valuable institutions
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A Balance of Rights
Christian Vandergeest
June 8, 2015
The result of all this? As a minimum, LSUC was required to clearly consider TWU's right to religious freedom and balance it against the resulting discrimination against gay and lesbian students This means balancing the right (in this case, TWU's right to religious freedom) against the goals of LSUC ...