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After deciding that the determination of whether a ‘reasonable expectation of privacy” exists in communications is contextual, have now found that the nature of the relationship is context. Specifically (?) you do not have an expectation of privacy in a sexual communication with someone you believe to be a child, who is a stranger to you.

A man who was convicted of luring a 14-year-old girl over the Internet had no expectation of privacy in his online communications with “Leann,” who in reality was an undercover police officer, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today, in a judgement in which the judges diverged on approaches to privacy. Source: No expectation of …

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CHAOS AT WALMART – This is why I hang around my local Walmart on Saturday, for the opportunity to hand out my business cards. And then there’s the bowls of mashed potatoes mystery. I’m gonna get the Fox News app.

Chaos descended on a Wisconsin Walmart store Wednesday night after a karate-performing mother, her naked son, and their belligerent dog shoplifted, ran amok in the store. Source: Chaos at Walmart as woman performs karate, son exposes himself, dog steals food, police say

CANNABIS AND DRIVING – It used to be that when police smelled or saw cannabis in a car they’d charge you with possession. Now that possession is legal they charge you with impaired driving, whether you’re actually impaired or not.

The lawyer for Michelle Gray, who uses medical cannabis to treat symptoms of multiple sclerosis, says her case shows that impaired driving laws are too broad and too vague. Source: N.S. woman plans constitutional challenge of roadside cannabis test | The Star

THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA’S VIEW OF INCARCERATION IN CANADA

 “[26] Nonetheless, on any given day in Canada, nearly half of the individuals in provincial jails are accused persons in pre-trial custody: Statistics Canada, Adult and youth correctional statistics in Canada, 2016/2017 (June 2018), at p. 7; Statistics Canada, Trends in the use of remand in Canada, 2004/2005 to 2014/2015 (January 2017). In 2016-2017, approximately …

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