If the Crown’s position is correct, then there is a higher legal test to swab the inside of an individual’s cheek than there is for a genital swab.
Source: SCC zeroes in on penile swabs
Using medical marijuana now OK in public places in Ontario under new regulations | Toronto Star
THIS IS SURPRISING – involuntary second hand exposure to someone else’s medication is okay in Ontario.
The exemption includes everything from movie theatres to restaurants, offices, stadiums, playgrounds full of children and more – even the legislature said Dipika Damerla, Ontario’s associate health minister.
Source: Using medical marijuana now OK in public places in Ontario under new regulations | Toronto Star
IMMIGRATION STATUS CAN BE A SENTENCING FACTOR -Man’s immigration status wins him slightly shorter sentence | Toronto Star
Thank goodness Judges still have some discretion to craft fair sentences. “Under the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act, non-citizens sentenced to terms six months or longer cannot appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division if a decision is made to deport them. Before the new law came into effect this year, that threshold was two years.”
A Toronto court credited a Vietnamese-Canadian permanent resident for time served and gave him a suspended sentence with probation.
Source: Man’s immigration status wins him slightly shorter sentence | Toronto Star
THERE IS SO MUCH FOR THE JUSTICE MINISTER TO DO
When you list it all you start to realize how terrible our justice system has become.
A look at the mandate letter the PM gave to new minister of justice Jody Wilson-Raybould shows why she’ll be one of the busiest members of cabinet in 2016.
CHICAGO COP FACES MURDER CHARGE
No wonder the police didn’t want to release this video. “Van Dyke shot McDonald 16 times, emptying his gun and preparing to reload. Van Dyke spent 13 seconds firing as McDonald lay motionless on the street. Van Dyke had already logged 18 civilian complaints for a variety of allegations, including claims of misconduct and excessive force. The city paid out more than $500,000 to settle the complaints.”
The city of Chicago tried to keep dash-cam footage of police officer Jason Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald sealed for more than a year.
Source: Graphic Footage Shows Chicago Cop Facing Murder Charge Spray Teen With Bullets | VICE News
SHATTER – Cops were the only ones freaking out about this. Oops. Our bad. Reefer madness all over again.
No, there is not an epidemic of children overdosing on shatter.
Source: Vancouver Police Had To Apologize After Freaking Out Over Shatter | VICE | Canada
RANSOMWARE – BEWARE OF EMAILS FROM YOUR BOSS
A CBC News investigation has discovered cyber-criminals are hacking into company computer systems and using public profiles of top executives to fine-tune email scams that are duping Canadians out of hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
WHY ARE POLICE STILL CHARGING FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA?
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directed his Minister of Justice in a public mandate to implement this goal by the end of his first term. If legalization is the inevitable and unanimous policy of the governing body, why is it illegal now? How can judges allow any marijuana charge to proceed in their court while the new government has clearly promised to legalize marijuana? All Crown attorneys should no longer lay any kind of marijuana charges since all of them will be adjourned or appealed once the government legalizes.”
If legalization is the inevitable and unanimous policy of the governing body, why is it illegal now?
9 WAYS TO LOSE A CLIENT – If your lawyer is doing any of these things then you might want to think about looking for a new one.
Columnist Gary J. Ross explains how NOT to treat the client.
GOOD ADVICE FOR LAWYERS – Ask your client: “What’s your greatest concern?”
Win clients with this simple question –
This post is by Ian Hu, claims prevention and practicePRO counsel at LAWPRO I vividly remember losing one of my first potential clients. He was shopping for lawyers and had whittled his list down to three or four. I had dealt with legal issues exactl