Robson Crim Legal Blog

In theory, the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure should benefit society. It should lead to safer sex with lower STI cases, lower stigma around being open with one’s status, and Canadians getting tested more regularly. Instead, it may do the opposite: contributing to fear, stigma, and lower testing. Canada ranks high in the world for HIV criminalization in the fifth spot for number of prosecutions related to HIV non-disclosure.

“Deportation” in Canada: The Identical Effects of Obtaining Poor Grades versus a Criminal Record.

What is privacy, anyway? The Oxford dictionary defines privacy as “the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people.” You would not expect to have as much privacy when you are walking down the street as you would when you are inside your own home. When you are out in public people can see you and interact with you, but you would not want to have people come up to your house and look in your windows or to enter your home without invitation.

In McLeod agreed on the facts that Garrioch came to the house on request of McLeod’s father concerning the removal of an intoxicated minor from the premises. The MBQB found sections of each provision to bestow power to safety officers to enforce them. The MBQB answered the question by referring to two past decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada (“the Court”) while focussing on statutory interpretation, R v Myers and Rizzo & Rizzo Shoes.

If you have ever watched the popular Netflix show How To Get Away With Murder, you have probably heard Professor Keating played by Viola Devis explain to her students the concept of “mens rea” in the first episode. In subsequent episodes, we see this element of criminal law play out. But what exactly is mens rea and why is it a crucial element of a crime? Well, as Professor Keating explains to her students, mens rea is the “guilty mind”, it is the state of the mind.