What is the impact of international law on Canadian law?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Entertainment Software Association v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, 2020 FCA 100 (CanLII):

Too often these days, we see these misuses. International law enters legal debates before courts and administrative decision-makers only in specific, defined ways that are consistent with settled doctrine and our constitutional framework: Gitxaala Nation v. Canada, 2015 FCA 73.

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