Criminal Law

Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It proscribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law is established by statute, which is to say that the laws are enacted by a legislature. Criminal law includes the punishment and rehabilitation of people who violate such laws. Criminal law varies according to jurisdiction, and differs from civil law, where emphasis is more on dispute resolution and victim compensation, rather than on punishment or rehabilitation. Criminal procedure is a formalized official …

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FCPP: Frontier Centre for Public Policy · 19 December 2024 English

The real question then is this: given a domestic historical record showing the lack of a causal nexus between gun control and crime reduction, why is the Trudeau regime so …

and semi-automatic rifles are restricted. The Criminal Law Amendment Act was a gun control law passed by


MiningWatch Canada · 16 December 2024 English

Although immediate responsibility for the evictions The company should also engage, together with the and the associated abuses lies with the government government, in a constructive dialogue with the people …

human rights.” The company added international criminal law jurisprudence indicates that KMS had “no authority also important to emphasize here the fact that criminal law with regards to the government’s unlawful Kibali


CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 16 December 2024 English

ISSUEThe Government of Canada is conducting a consultation on advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). An advance euthanasia request 1 1 For clarity and to avoid confusion with …

Government of Quebec’s decision to contravene criminal law on advance euthanasia requests; • Not introduce


ICPC: International Centre for the Prevention of Crime · 11 December 2024 English

The purpose of this meeting was to renew the exchange between our two entities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, to evaluate the actions taken by each of them, …

Institute (within the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy) on November


ICPC: International Centre for the Prevention of Crime · 11 December 2024 French

Sa mission est de promouvoir l’adoption de normes internationales axées sur la prévention de la criminalité et de la justice pénale, afin de renforcer la sécurité quotidienne et d’améliorer la …

Institute (au sein du International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy), le 2 novembre


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 10 December 2024 English

Modern conflicts increasingly involve the Modern conflicts involve the weaponization of weaponization of information and the manipulation information and the manipulation of human of human behaviours and perceptions. [...] As …

civilian population, including International Criminal Law suffering equal to that caused by the most serious instance, members of the Council of Advisers criminal law, which applies to any natural person confirmed in information warfare may be prosecuted for criminal law permitting the prosecution of military commanders


CLD: Centre for Law and Democracy · 10 December 2024 English

Local organizations represent This inclusion of and partnership with the interests of their communities in crucial civil society is not unheard of in the areas such as land rights and …

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CCLA: Canadian Civil Liberties Association · 5 December 2024 English

Part 3 of the Bill proposes to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (the “CHRA”) to add as a discriminatory practice the communication of hate speech by any means of …

departure from how hatred is currently treated in criminal law while irrationally increasing the maximum sentence hatred, including hate propaganda (hate speech). Criminal law should be a means of holding individuals accountable motivation for an offence is currently treated in criminal law. This new offence requires the police, at the drugs and alcohol, and providing bodily samples. Criminal law should be a means of holding individuals accountable


FCPP: Frontier Centre for Public Policy · 29 November 2024 English

The result was the fiscal crisis of the mid-1990s, in which the federal government had to cut social benefits to avoid devaluation of the Canadian dollar, and the run-away inflation …

and interprovincial trade and commerce, and criminal law. • Restriction of provincial jurisdiction to reserves • Citizenship • Marriage/Divorce • Criminal law, including Criminal Procedure • Penitentiaries showed promise in protecting individual rights in criminal law. For example, the courts have used the Charter to court merely begs the questions of what is criminal law enforcement and ruling on a fundamental right decisions and forget that the vast majority of criminal law cases (and therefore likely to attract Charter


Parkland Institute · 28 November 2024 English

Over the past 15 years, the City of Edmonton has found itself in an increasingly challenging financial situation. As Edmonton’s population grows alongside the demand for services, the city has …

Municipal budget and property tax Civil law Criminal law Municipal public transit Administration of justice


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