THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE OF CANADA’S NEW 2020 POLICY ON SIMPLE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES – “Criminal sanctions, as a primary response, have a limited effectiveness as (i) specific or general deterrents and (ii) as a means of addressing the public safety concerns when considering the harmful effects of criminal records and short periods of incarceration.” See paragraph 3.
POLICE CANNOT SUE CROWN ATTORNEYS – As it has always been.
PANDEMIC RESTRICTION CHEATERS
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.
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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.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1787389/justice-audiences-virtuelles-sante-publique-retards-delais-reconfinement?fbclid=IwAR2HbE0P435VwyXumYoASUMI_iKhVyqX2EEptxUq4Lqv8XuJlKfGMzhw830WHEN 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.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/murder-ihit-search-seizure-police-1.6000626