https://www.haltonhillstoday.ca/local-news/retiring-judge-takes-jab-at-doug-fords-like-minded-remark-8446806
Author archives: Dennis Reeve
A SIMPLE RULE: DON’T VIDEOS OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY because “In 2015, Parliament amended Sect. 162 of the Criminal Code, making it an offence to record or distribute images or video of an intimate act without consent of every person who appears in the video.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/sharing-sexual-images-without-consent-illegal-in-canada-since-2015-recent-case-shows-it-s-still-a-problem-1.7141379
OH NO! While we’re still, years later, cleaning up the messes of Harper’s unconstitutional mandatory minimum sentences (MMS) and the delays that resulted in Judicial stays of serious criminal cases, Poilievre wants to take us down that same unconstitutional road with his rebranded mandatory minimum penalties (MMP).
https://montrealgazette.com/news/politics/the-conversation-pierre-poilievres-proposed-mandatory-minimum-penalties-will-not-reduce-crime
HERE IS THE REAL STORY ABOUT OUT BROKEN BAIL SYSTEM – Do not believe Doug Ford’s fear mongering.
https://www.cp24.com/news/the-number-of-inmates-awaiting-trial-in-canada-s-provincial-jails-has-quadrupled-ccla-1.6784122
OUR BAIL SYSTEM IS BROKEN, BUT NOT IN THE WAY DOUG FORD WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE: 79% of the people held in our Provincial Jails are either possibly innocent or actually innocent.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/report-bail-ontario-1.7125726
Our Criminal Lawyers’ Association letter to Doug Ford regarding our concern for the independence of our Judiciary and it’s selection process.
February 26, 2024 VIA EMAIL: premier@ontario.ca The Honourable Doug Ford, M.P.P. Premier of Ontario Legislative Building, Queen’s Park Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1A1 The Criminal Lawyers’ Association represents more than 1800 criminal lawyers in the province of Ontario. Our membership regularly appears in the Ontario Court of Justice where the bulk of criminal law cases are heard in …
Doug Ford’s politicization of the judicial system. We had an excellent system of judicial appointments based on merit until Ford decided that he’s going to appoint his friends and political cronies, just like he’s already done with Justices of the Peace. Are judicial positions now open for bidding?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-judge-selection-1.7123577
IF YOU READ MY POSTS YOU KNOW I’M NO FAN OF DOUG FORD. – Here is one reason why.
https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion/ford-and-downey-have-skewed-ontarios-justice-system-to-suit-their-partisan-purposes/383378
THAT’S A LOT OF CANADIANS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS – Having a criminal record should not be an automatic barrier to employment. Pardons (or record suspensions) should be readily available to those who have earned it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/criminal-records-canada-hiring-fair-chance-1.7099489
WHEN JUDGES CRITICIZE POLICE (#2) – Justice Tetley severely criticizes police for a lack of investigation in a sexual assault case. – “This judgment serves as a cautionary example as to the fact an injustice can occur when appropriate and available investigative steps are not pursued and a criminal prosecution instituted on what is now concluded to be an uncorroborated complaint of criminal misconduct of dubious reliability.”
https://gaggle.email/attachments/ag1zfmdhZ2dsZS1tYWlscigLEgRMaXN0GICAwJXj2KcJDAsSCkF0dGFjaG1lbnQYgIDQtf2cnQsM/R%20v.%20JANSEN%20Ashley%20-%20Written%20Reasons%20for%20Judgment%20(VF)%20-%2021Dec2023.pdf