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Five key takeaways from a conversation with MP Leah Gazan on detention, public health, and constitutional limits Debates surrounding public safety and addiction often focus on visible disorder and political urgency. This episode shifts the focus to how these issues are experienced on the ground, and how legal responses can unintentionally deepen the very harms they seek to address.

n November 2025, Manitoba became the first province in Canada to authorize 72 hours of involuntary detention for intoxicated individuals, tripling the previous limit with near-unanimous legislative support. Bill 48, The Protective Detention and Care of Intoxicated Persons Act, passed through the legislature quickly, but the constitutional questions it raises will not resolve as easily.

Episode: Mind Control in the Digital Age (Mind Shaping and Cognitive Liberty) Speakers: Jayden; Andreas 0:00 Jayden: Hello everyone. I’m Jayden, and with me is my colleague and friend Andreas. Welcome back to our podcast. Today we’re diving into something that sounds like science fiction, but is happening right now: mind control in the digital age. Now, when we say “mind control,” we’re not talking about tinfoil hats or conspiracy theories. We’re talking about real technologi

Several factors must be considered when assessing the credibility of a witness or victim during a trial, one of which is their demeanour. Demeanour evidence is behavioural observations made by either the trier of fact or jury during witness testimony. Triers of fact analyze a witness’s demeanour for sincerity and honesty in determining credibility.

The admissibility of similar fact evidence presents a persistent challenge in Canadian evidence law, particularly in sexual assault prosecutions where credibility assessments are often central. Evidence of an accused’s other discreditable conduct is presumptively inadmissible due to the risk of propensity reasoning and the resulting moral and reasoning prejudice.