2016 is ending and we can collectively agree it’s been a shitty year. Cops are spying on journalists, our Prime Minister has turned his back […]
Category: Law
Seafood and Civil Liability: Simon-Pierre Canuel’s Beef with Tapageur Bistro
On May 29, 2016 Simon-Pierre Canuel walked into Tapageur Bistro in Sherbrooke, Quebec with his partner and ordered beef tartare. He told the waiter, Julien […]
FEMEN Activist Faces Criminal Charges for the First Time in Canada
Neda Topaloski, one of the FEMEN activists who disturbed the 2015 Montreal Grand Prix, had her second and final day in court today. As per […]
Due North: A Crash Course on Some Canadian Immigration Programs
On November 8, 2016 the United States of America elected a racist, misogynist, rapist scam artist as President. Prior to the election people spoke of […]
Persecuting Protesters: How Politicians Abuse Laws to Suppress Dissent
Protests, like potholes, are a year-round occurance in Montreal. The economy is in the toilet, tuition costs are on the rise, and Prime Minister Trudeau […]
Putting Doxers in the Dock: How Canadian Law Punishes Online Offenders
On October 13th, 2016, Lou Dobbs, anchor of the Fox Business Network’s show Lou Dobbs Tonight, posted a link to the home phone number and […]
Payback Time: Corruption, Collusion, and Compensation in the Aftermath of the Charbonneau Commission
Corruption is something as intrinsic to the City of Montreal as the Jazz Festival, fine cuisine, and frivolous disputes over the language of commercial signage. […]
Balancing Public Safety and the Rights of the Mentally Ill: The Insanity Defense in Canada
At 6:30 pm on December 9th, 2014, Jeff Weber saw a black man having his after dinner cigarette outside. Weber then walked to a store, […]
Telling the STM to Stuff It: Why the Montreal Municipal Court Found Fines on Public Transit Unconstitutional
Courts and judges are professional puzzle solvers. Upon request of private parties or the government, their job is to examine all the pieces of a […]
Canada’s Laws and Penalties for Sex Crimes Against Kids
On September 15, 2016 Graham James, the former junior hockey coach convicted of sexually assaulting players he coached in the nineties was granted full parole […]