PROHIBITED ACTS UNDER BILL C-51 – are very broad and vague.

“activity that undermines the security of Canada” means any activity, including any of the following activities, if it undermines the sovereignty, security or territorial integrity of Canada or the lives or the security of the people of Canada:
(a) interference with the capability of the Government of Canada in relation to intelligence, defence, border operations, public safety, the administration of justice, diplomatic or consular relations, or the economic or financial stability of Canada;
(b) changing or unduly influencing a government in Canada by force or unlawful means;
(c) espionage, sabotage or covert foreign-influenced activities;
(d) terrorism;
(e) proliferation of nuclear, chemical, radiological or biological weapons;
(f) interference with critical infrastructure;
(g) interference with the global information infrastructure, as defined in section 273.61 of the National Defence Act;
(h) an activity that causes serious harm to a person or their property because of that person’s association with Canada; and
(i) an activity that takes place in Canada and undermines the security of another state.

WATERING PIGS AS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE – Where is the common sense?

WATERING PIGS AS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE – Where is the common sense? Surely this is not what we have a criminal justice system for.

A woman who fed dehydrated pigs in a truck on their way to a Canadian slaughterhouse now faces the threat of up to 10 years in jail. Anita Kranjc, 48, has been charged with “criminal mischief” for spraying “an unknown liquid into the trailer where the hogs were situated”, according to Canadian media reports. She could also be fined up to $5,000 (£3,300).

Source: Anita Krajnc: Woman who gave last drink to doomed pigs faces 10 year sentence | Americas | News | The Independent

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

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