Judicial notice and treaties: excerpts from Using International Law in Canadian Courts, 3rd ed

An upcoming appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada from the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in International Air Transport Association v Canadian Transportation Agency, 2022 FCA 211 raises important issues about the judicial notice of international law in the context of treaty interpretation. Posted in PDF here is an excerpt from my discussion of these issues from Chapter 3 of my forthcoming third edition of Using International Law in Canadian Courts.