Dennis Reeve | The ReeveLaw Blog - Part 21

NO DEFENCE COUNSEL NEED APPLY – IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY.

Do you remember when we objected to Premier Doug Ford and Attorney General Doug Downey messing with the established procedure of selecting persons for judicial appointments? Well this is the result. The last 12 out of 13 appointments were selected from the government assistant crown attorneys (ACA) and prosecutors. No defence lawyers were selected. Why? …

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FOUR MORE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES APPOINTED JUDGES – one a part-time employee.

https://news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/1001860/new-judges-appointed-to-the-ontario-court-of-justice

OUR COURTS WILL REMAIN VIRTUAL WITH TRIAL EXCEPTIONS.

WE ARE STILL CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF YET ANOTHER OF HARPER’S “TOUGH ON CRIME” MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES

We’ve been successfully fighting these for years.

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW RIDICULOUS THE WAR ON WEED WAS? – GA Cops Pay $1M For A Single Ounce Of Weed After Charging 64 People With Possessing It

A REMINDER: POLICE CAN DEMAND A BREATH SAMPLE WITHOUT ANY SUSPICION OF IMPAIRMENT – That’s right. Police can also pull you over for no reason and demand a breath sample without any reason or suspicion. To refuse or fail to comply, criminalizes you.

WHEN YOU HAVE A MINISTER OF JUSTICE LIKE THIS – “Less than two weeks into his role as Alberta Justice Minister, Tyler Shandro — who is being investigated by the law society for misconduct — has sparked controversy after making comments that the province has no criminal court cases at risk of being tossed because of unreasonable delay. In fact, Alberta has thousands of cases at risk of being tossed because of unreasonable delay.”

Court Interpreters have been neglected and treated badly by the Province of Ontario for a long time. They are often an essential participant in a trial. They should be supported in their quest.

What the hell is going on here?

Feb 26 2022 Hespeler Crash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4J_genMpQU

THE TIME FOR ACCOUNTABILITY – The federal Declaration of Emergency has been revoked. No government gets to exercise such emergency powers without being held accountable for what it did and how it did it. Under section 62 of the Emergencies Act, there will be such a review by a Parliamentary Review Committee. Also, under section 63, the Governor in Council now has 60 days in which to commence an inquiry. THAT is how a democracy works.