Prosecuting hate in Canada: Why, How, and When
Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms grants all Canadians the fundamental right of freedom of expression – but as one young man in Markham, Ontario learned this week, the Charter also permits the enforcement of reasonable limits on expression....
6 Years Later
It has been six years since Matthew de Grood was charged with the murders of five young people at a house party in Calgary, Alberta, and four years since he was found to be Not Criminally Responsible for those offences. It was concluded that de Grood was suffering...
Predictive Policing: Brave New World
In one of our previous posts, we discussed biometric technology and the role it plays in Canadian law enforcement. It is, however, only one of the “predictive” tools utilized by the police in relation to criminal investigations. A new report by the Citizen Lab at the...
Body Worn Cameras: What’s The Hold Up?
Over the last couple of months, there has been outcry from the public urging the use of BWC’s (Body Worn Cameras) for Canadian law enforcement. Although initially in response to the growing unrest relating to police brutality in the United States, there are echoes of...
Systemic Racism, eh?
“Systemic racism is so rampant in the United States, I’m from Canada so I can’t even imagine what that must be like!” “Police brutality in the US makes me proud to be Canadian” The two statements above reflect a dangerous and widespread misconception held by many...
Intimate Partner Violence: Epidemic of a Pandemic
It goes without saying that the judicial system has been hit hard by COVID-19. This isn’t wildly surprising – there was no solid emergency response strategy in place for a situation like this, and as a result, a significant amount of time and resources have been...
Mission Impossible: Managing COVID-19 in the Canadian Correctional System
On March 18, 2020, the BC court system responded to the coronavirus pandemic swiftly and without hesitation, reducing operations by the likes of which criminal counsel simply hasn’t seen before. Once it was confirmed how rapidly COVID19 spreads, the crowded confines...
Semi-Automatic: Fully Prohibited
On April 18 and 19 2020, Gabriel Wortman was solely responsible for the largest mass shooting in Canadian history, which claimed the lives of 22 innocent people including veteran RCMP Cst. Heidi Stevenson. Wortman, a 51 year old denturist, went on a rampage in...
Access to Justice: An Essential Service
High on the list of things that have changed due to COVID-19 is our perception of what truly qualifies as an essential service – the transportation of goods by freight haulers, grocery stores and pharmacies, waste management and sanitation, and the list goes on....
The Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly
It has been over one month since the Courts of British Columbia significantly curtailed operations in an attempt to combat COVID-19. For many of those who work in the legal field, it was this development that made it all real. It quickly became clear that the novel...
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