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STIFFER PENALTIES FOR STUNT DRIVING
HOORAY! The Law Commission of Canada is being re-established. Its purpose is to provide independent, unbiased, and non-partisan advice on complex legal issues of national interest.
It was scrapped by the Harper Conservative government in 2006. The reformed commission will focus on: “the complex challenges of the day such as systemic racism in the justice system, legal issues around climate change, establishing a new relationship with Indigenous peoples, and rapid technological shifts in the world.”
PSYCHEDELICS ARE THE NEW CANNABIS – With big money and big business developing them for big pharma, can legalization be far behind?
IS PROSTITUTION LEGAL? – Once again one of Harper’s unconstitutional laws are recognized for what they are.
COURT WORKERS – “Pop up at the courthouses.”
The criminal justice system is still paper-based. Therefore the government requires many court workers to attend court in person and be subjected to a health risk. Their vaccination has to be prioritized.
WHEN POLICE DON’T OBEY THE LAW
“There is something particularly concerning about a police policy of deliberate non-compliance with mandated requirements due to the unilateral prioritization of their preferred investigative methods over following the law,” Masuhara wrote.
Virtual hearings here to stay – and we’re only going to get better at it.
NO NEW CRIMINAL TRIALS FOR 2 WEEKS – The Ontario Court of Justice is suspending all criminal trials and preliminary inquiries involving out-of-custody accused persons scheduled between Monday, April 26, 2021, and Friday, May 7, 2021, Same for the Superior Court of Ontario.
https://www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/covid-19/criminal-notice-april-21-21