GERARD V. LA FOREST was Dean of Law at the University of Alberta and was educated at the University of New Brunswick, Oxford (B.A. in Jurisprudence, M.A.), and Yale Law School (LL.M. and J.S.D.). His publications include Disallowance and Reservation of Provincial Legislation, Extradition to and From Canada, and The Allocation of Taxing Power under the Canadian Constitution. He is currently counsel at Stewart McKelvey in Fredericton, New Brunswick