In response to the suicide of teenager and British Columbian Amanda Todd last year, who suffered from physical and online bullying and sexual torment, provinces across the country have acted to strengthen anti-bullying laws. However, the definition of what is…
Leaders of Canadian forensic mental health organizations are drafting letters, expressing their concerns in the Conservative government’s tough stance on mentally ill offenders. The centerpiece of the reforms to the Criminal Code in the Not Criminally Responsible section is the…
A response to the high-profile suicide of BC teen Amanda Todd due to bullying, Manitoba intended to strengthen its anti-bullying laws with Bill 18, a bill that initially received little attention. Now, Bill 18 has become a heated topic, as…
Despite allegations by veteran Justice Department lawyer Edgar Schmidt that the Criminal Justice Department’s vetting standards are inadequate, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson asserts there is “no question” that the series of criminal justice reforms introduced by his government will stand…
The Parti Québécois government has proposed a bill, Bill 14, to reinforce the use of French in Quebec society, and will be facing a heated debate on its proposal, as public hearings begin this week. Bill 14 amends the Quebec…
Luka Rocco Magnotta, the man infamously named the “Canadian Psycho” and the “Canadian Cannibal” by various international media outlets, will have his preliminary inquiry on Monday. 30-year-old low-budget porn actor and stripper Magnotta is charged with first-degree murder. Last year,…
Despite the ruling earlier in the week by the Supreme Court of Canada on anti-gay speech flyers, William Whatcott says he intends to continue his anti-gay activism and pamphleting. Tweet
On February 27th, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the main anti-hate provisions in Saskatchewan’s human rights law, ruling that the anti-gay speech in flyers distributed by Christian activist William Whatcott is not protected by the Charter. In the process,…
Twenty Canadian first nations, most of them Cree, have made two presentations before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva on Friday. Tweet
Last Month, Edgar Schmidt, member of the federal Justice Department since 1998, accused his department of short-circuiting a legal requirement that new laws be vetted to see whether they comply with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He has…