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One might be intoxicated if they were to drink every time a reporter asked Prime Minister Trudeau whether he will try to invoke the Emergencies Act, R.S.C., 1985, c.22 (4th Supp.). As cases grow each day and the death toll climbs, we are becomingly justifiably anxious. We grasp at what we can control when trying...
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At only five per cent of the population in Canada, Aboriginal people now represent 30 per cent of federally sentenced inmates. This is a five percent bump from the last available data. It doesn’t require a statistician to determine that it’s only getting worse. I woke up the day after the late-January release of a...
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The final report of the Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) national inquiry, published June 3, 2019, evokes mixed feelings. Do I believe that it is a genocide? No. Labelling it as such implies that there is a single villain. They are the forgotten people. Neglected and vulnerable to crimes of violence. I have been a...
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A child in imminent danger needs to be saved from their abductor. This is the goal of the amber alert system. Like any emergency response system, it needs to be updated. I’m willing to stick my neck out to suggest we take this a step further and ask: does the amber alert system cause more...
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Up until this past week Justin Trudeau has been regarded as soft. Dealing with Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott has forced him to begin the growth process into a role his father played well: decisive political leader. The past two months have been rough for Justin. The decision to expel Wilson-Raybould and Philpott is one...
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A name change is key step in shedding an identity. Transitioning into a new and exiting life. Marrying the love of your life. Moving to a new country full of opportunities. Transitioning to your true gender. What about changing your name after being released from prison for molesting children? What if you also happen to...
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Courtroom civility, though important, must never come at the expense of mounting a vigorous defence, says Toronto criminal lawyer and civil litigator Laurelly Dale. “If you need to make the decision between civility and defending your client, the defence of your client will win because you need to make sure they have a fair trial,” says...
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We are loyal to those that retain us. Biologists at the Centre of Forensic Sciences (CFS) are assigned case files to process exhibits submitted to them from the police. These cases are almost always of a serious nature, involving dozens to hundreds of exhibits. What ensues are ongoing teleconferences, meetings and e-mail correspondence between the...
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Two reports that address “systemic racism” within the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) should be viewed as a call to action to build trust with Indigenous people, Toronto criminal lawyer Laurelly Dale tells The Lawyer’s Daily. However, Dale, principal of Dale Law Professional Corporation, tells the online publication that she worries that media coverage of these reports could lead to further distrust. “Yes, it’s upsetting that...
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Dale, principal of Dale Legal Firm, says a recent spate of mass shootings has put gun violence at the top of political agendas in Canada and the U.S., noting a Time magazine documentary that collates various perspectives on the issue. “This is obviously a very heated issue, and everyone has an opinion. But because of that, it tends to be over-simplified,”...
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