“You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we are here today.” – A rape victim to her abuser Being drunk […]
Tag: Legal Issues
Val d’Or SQ Abuse Scandal Update: Charges May Actually Be Filed…Against Radio-Canada
Looks like the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)’s union have a new strategy for dealing with the allegations of systemic police abuse against aboriginal women: sue […]
Failing Foreign Workers: Work Visas and Medical Deportation in Canada
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has come under fire recently for letting a foreign worker die. In late 2014, Sheldon McKenzie, a thirty nine year […]
Turning an Outrage into a Vindication: Ghomeshi, Peace Bonds and Kathryn Borel
On May 11, 2016 the Jian Ghomeshi scandal was brought to what is for many a disappointing end. On that day it was announced that […]
Using Language Politics to Divide and Conquer: A Crash Course on The Office de la Langue Française
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Quebec politicians desiring of success must be in want of the support of the French speaking majority. There […]
The Limits of Parental Discretion: The Necessaries of Life and the Stephan Case
Last week dealt a major blow to anti-vaxxers everywhere when Alberta’s David and Collet Stephan were convicted of failing to provide the necessaries of life […]
Panama Papers: Tax Evasion and The Upper One Percent
The upper one percent – society’s richest people – are in deep shit. Over a year ago an anonymous source contacted Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest […]
The Spark that Could Send You to Jail: Arson in Canada
On the Saturday afternoon of March 26, 2016, Montreal’s historic Snowdon Theatre was engulfed in black smoke. Ninety fire-fighters and thirty five vehicles later, the […]
Garlanding the Bench: Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee vs. The Senate
On Wednesday March 16, 2016, Barack Obama named Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS). The nomination came […]
The Problem with Boozy Blood: Drunk Driving Laws in Canada
On September 27th, 2015 Marco Muzzo, the 29 year old son of one of Canada’s wealthiest families and heir to a billion dollar estate killed […]