Majority of court finds that s. 11(1) of Charter confers binary, not global right
Source: Convicted person has right to lesser of two punishments existing at time of commission or sentencing
You’ve got to be a special kind of law enforcement officer Tennessee style.
There’s something you don’t see every day.
Source: Tennessee Deputy Sued Twice In The Same Day Over A Roadside Anal Search And A Forced Baptism
Does a Criminal Record Prevent You From Entering the U.S.? – PLEASE READ THIS!
Are you a Canadian citizen or permanent resident interested in working or immigrating to the U.S., but have a criminal conviction?
Source: Does a Criminal Record Prevent You From Entering the U.S.?
A LIMIT ON POLICE POWERS – The police have no authority to arrest an individual who is acting lawfully in order to prevent an apprehended breach of the peace. This is of particular importance in the context of public demonstrations. No more “kettling” or mass arrests at lawful protests.
The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Fleming v Ontario, on October 4, 2019. The decision was unanimous, with Côté J. writing for the Court. The case is about common law police powers of arrest. In arresting Mr. Fleming (the Appellant), the Respondent Attorney-General of Ontario and police officers argued that they had made use of an ancillary common law police power authorizing the arrest of an individual who was acting lawfully in order to prevent an apprehended breach of the peace.
Alberta to introduce legislation that would allow access to partner’s criminal records. OR you could ask your partner to provide a criminal record check.
Legislation is being introduced this fall to bring a “Clare’s Law” to Alberta that would allow people access to criminal records of their partners in hopes it will help protect people from potential domestic violence.
Source: Alberta to introduce legislation that would allow access to partner’s criminal records
5-year Travel Bans: An Increasing Concern for Canadians Travelling to the U.S. for Work or Pleasure – This is an article of interest to anyone travelling to the U.S.
Recently, an increasing number of Canadians have been denied entry to the U.S. and have been issued five-year bans from travelling to the U.S.
Source: 5-year Travel Bans: An Increasing Concern for Canadians Travelling to the U.S. for Work or Pleasure
THE PARTY OF REGRESSIVE POLICIES – Scheer won’t commit to keeping cannabis legal if Tories form government.
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer isn’t promising to keep cannabis legal if his party wins the 2019 election.
Source: Scheer won’t commit to keeping cannabis legal if Tories form government
9-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH 5 COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER – This is going to prove to be very controversial!
The April 6 fire killed five people near the village of Goodfield, about 150 miles southwest of Chicago.
Source: ‘Extremely uncommon’: 9-year-old charged with murder after 5 die in Illinois fire
PERSON DRIVES INTO OPP RIDE SPOT CHECK CRUISER – What do you think? Is driving into a RIDE spot-check evidence of impairment? Is the attempt to flee the scene evidence of consciousness of guilt?
DRUG IMPAIRMENT – THE FACT IS THAT IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY THE ALCOHOL MODEL APPROACH WE ARE TAKING – For cannabis, an officer spends six hours processing an impaired driver, compared to one hour for a driver impaired by alcohol. This difference reflects the time required to complete a specialized field sobriety test, to administer a test by a drug recognition expert and take a blood sample. The minimum cost to have one officer deal with a cannabis-impaired driver is $536.88, compared to $89.48 for an alcohol-impaired driver, suggests the report. Those costs don’t include labour for paperwork or court appearances.
Police say supply shortages skew the real impact on community and costs
Source: Suspected cannabis-impaired drivers more costly to test: Police report