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I wouldn't be surprised to see this continue and spread to other departments. Police have, in my view, been very poorly treated over the past couple years if not more. During COVID they have been forced to do a lot of the "dirty work" that I'm sure they did not sign up for, to punish people for...

This is surprising to me, given that Victoria has for some time had the most police per 100,000 population of any city in Canada (cf. Rate of police officers in Canada, by municipality 2019 | Statista).

More accurately, in Canada honest citizens don't carry guns because they're not allowed. But that in no way means that criminals don't. Although your point is accurate, the Crown will no doubt make the claim.

100% I was not there. Upon further reflection, while the contents of my car are not worth my life or anyone's life, I would rather live in a country where a homeowner is given every benefit of a doubt than otherwise. So from that perspective the initial acquittal was right. Completely...

I think that the "strategic voting" argument and "a chance at forming or influencing government" argument only works if the party in question offers SOMETHING on the topic that the voter is concerned about. Also, I would argue that there is more than one way to influence government. Your...

While I recognize your use of quotes around "anti vax" I would just add my own commentary that the term is very misleading. The media and other political opponents are using the term as a pejorative to belittle and "other" the people who are supporting the PPC. True, there is a contingent of PPC...

Interesting to see how the last week plays out. O'Toole was doing well but suddenly took a nosedive according to the CBC poll tracker. I don't think it's coincidental that O'Toole's numbers started plummeting and PPC numbers started surging right after O'Toole flip-flopped on firearms and said...

Well, clearly I was wrong about the strength of the case. I notice that at the bottom of the article it references two statements she gave to the MPs, so I suspect that that is what "cooked her goose" because otherwise it would seem incredibly difficult to prove who was responsible for the...

I think that @Eaglelord17 said it well when he said that the use of s. 33 (which is essentially an admission that "we know this violates the Charter but we're doing it anyway") says a lot about the moral reprehensibility of a proposal. It's true that s. 33 is a thing, it has a 5 year lifespan...

Actually, children are not required to be sent to government schools. Homeschooling is completely legal in every province as far as I know.

Historically the provinces that have mandated vaccines for school children (I believe only Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba do), there have always been exemptions so that would get around the argument of "force" probably. It seems that this is what they are doing now at the government level, plus...

True it would probably scare the lower level people more ... and maybe it would be an empty gesture. Would probably be better as an argument on a lawsuit for battery.

As of right now, so actual laws have been put in place. But arguably a case could be made that they are all parties to the offence if someone wanted to go that route. It would be really interesting to start a private prosecution where someone was injured by a vaccine (and has good medical...

Maybe it depends on the units involved. At least back in the late 90s/early 2000s, I remember many a joint weekend exercise with local units. Often, we would field a company where two platoons were Royal Winnipeg Rifles, a third platoon was Cameron Highlanders, and then the enemy force was Fort...

Legally I don't think they can. It would be a very interesting legal battle if they tried. I think I know they can't, which is why I am seeing lots of releases were the "mandatory" vaccine actually means if you don't get the jab you have to be routinely tested which in my view is very different...

How far do we take this argument though? One could say that any form of employment is "voluntary", but do people not have the right to a job? It would seem that they do, I don't think anyone would say that a prohibition on LGBTQ people in the CAF would be justified because it's a voluntary...

In Canadian Criminal law, an assault is any application of force without the other person's consent. Stabbing someone with a needle, even if you didn't pin them down to do it, is an assault if the person did not consent to the injection. Consent is vitiated if it is coerced or acquired under...

In my view you don't need to justify to us why you make a personal medical decision after weighing the pros and cons. This is certainly concerning. It bothers me from a perspective of principle, forcing/coercing people and it raises a red flag to me of why suddenly in the past two weeks we've...

Depends on what definition of weapon you are using. For the purposes of the Criminal Code, an item is only a weapon if it was "used, designed to be used or intended for use" in causing death or injury or threatening a person. I think the Criminal Code definition is a reasonable one. The...

I think we have very different ideas on what constitutes the state staying out of the bedroom. In my view the government should simply be silent/not pass any laws relating to the bedroom. The CPC has never proposed any laws, for example, outlawing certain sexual orientations for example. It's...