Rebuttable Presumption of Vehicle Care and Control Justified - Tony Dempsey
The Criminal Code’s (“the Code”) provisions for the offense of care or control of a motor vehicle while impaired provide a prototypical...
Sentencing for the Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls - Tom Swanson
It is now widely known that our country has a long and woeful history of discrimination and systemic injustice perpetrated against its...
Caution Required As Curative Proviso Restores Convictions - D. Grohl
By amending the Criminal Code (“the Code”) to add section 686(1)(b)(iv), Parliament provided the appeal courts the ability to remedy...
The Evidentiary Burden of a Crime of Passion - Jenna Symons
The following is an analysis of a motion made to the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench (“the MBQB”) in R v Assi (“Assi”), which challenged...
Denigrating Advice of Counsel - Keenan Fonseca
Section 10(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“the Charter") gives the right to counsel, which includes the right to...
