Criminal
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June 21, 2024
Canada imposes sanctions on three Haitian gang leaders
The federal government has announced sanctions targeting three Haitian gang leaders in response to continuing chaos in the Caribbean country.
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June 21, 2024
Why Cartel case affects all lawyers | John L. Hill
Imagine a scenario in which your home is burglarized, and you report the incident to the police. However, they take an alarming seven months to respond. In the interim, several other properties in your neighbourhood are also targeted. This situation not only raises a complaint against the police but also sparks a deep concern about the potential ramifications of such negligence.
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June 21, 2024
Would Trump be inadmissible to Canada? | Sergio R. Karas
On May 30, 2024, former U.S. president Donald Trump was convicted of 34 counts of falsification of business records in the first degree, a felony under New York Penal Law s. 175.10. This conviction arose from a payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election, focusing on the paperwork generated when Trump reimbursed his attorney, Michael Cohen, for the payment. Even though this conviction is under appeal and may likely be reversed, it raises questions about his potential inadmissibility to Canada.
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June 21, 2024
New director of the Public Prosecution Service announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani recently announced the appointment of George Dolhai as the new director of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), effective June 21, 2024.
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June 20, 2024
Ottawa lists Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity in Criminal Code
The Government of Canada listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code, effective June 19, 2024.
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June 19, 2024
Cowboys and Crypto
Digital assets can take many forms, including cryptocurrency, NFTs and digital bonds. Regardless of the form, they usually have these defining features: they are decentralized, securely housed on the blockchain and accessible to anyone with an internet connection. These features allow the digital asset industry to be used to impose the rule of law in corrupt jurisdictions by offering financial inclusion and decreasing reliance on corrupt banks or governments.
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June 18, 2024
More Russians sanctioned for complicity in Putin regime’s responsibility for death of Alexei Navalny
Ottawa has sanctioned 13 additional senior officials and high-ranking employees of Russia’s investigation agency, penitentiary service and police force, who Global Affairs Canada says “were involved in the ill-treatment and death” of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who survived the Putin regime’s attempt to fatally poison him in 2020, only to die this year in a Russian prison.
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June 19, 2024
3 judicial appointments in Quebec
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a June 18 press release two judicial appointments to the Superior Court of Quebec —Louis Marquis and Audrey Boctor — as well as the appointment of Myriam Lachance to the Court of Appeal of Quebec.
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June 19, 2024
Alberta Court of Appeal murder case illustrates perils of plea bargain rejection
The lawyer for Michael Anthony Roebuck had negotiated a plea bargain with the Crown that would have resulted in a plea of second-degree murder and a much shorter period of parole ineligibility than the Airdrie, Alta., resident received after being convicted of first-degree murder.
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June 18, 2024
Nunavut turns to public in bid to fix child protection system
Family welfare officials in Nunavut are inviting residents to weigh in on developing an “action plan” to fix the territory’s troubled child protection system.