Understanding Canadian Law (CLU3M)

Culminating Activity:  Individual Position Paper

Databases

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EbscoHost Database

• Large selection of databases, ebooks, movies and more

• See the library circulation desk for passwords to both databases.

• You can access these resources at school or anywhere you have access to the Internet.

Recommended Websites

Canadian Legal Information Institute

• Non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

• Provides access to court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions.

Lexum Collection:  Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada

• Contains Supreme Court of Canada judgments since 1907

• Collection is updated within minutes of public release of the judgments by the court

• Type in search topic and click on

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

• National civil liberties organization that promotes respect for and observance of fundamental human rights and civil liberties in Canada. 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

• Bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada.

• Guarantees certain political rights to Canadian citizens and civil rights of everyout in Canada from the policies and actions of all areas and levels of government

Aboriginals and the Judicial System

• http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/covert-racism-behind-increased-numbers-of-aboriginals-and-other-visible-minorities-in-prisons-watchdog-says

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/aboriginal-corrections-report-finds-systemic-discrimination-1.1338498

• https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/03/03/unequal_justice_aboriginals_caught_in_the_justice_system_trap.html

• https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/03/01/unequal_justice_aboriginal_and_black_inmates_disproportionately_fill_ontario_jails.html

• http://www.themanitoban.com/2013/08/canadian-justice-system-failing-aboriginal-people/15822/

• http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumel/chapter4.html

• http://www.crrf-fcrr.ca/images/stories/pdf/ePubFaShRacJusSys.pdf

• https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/ipperwash/policy_part/research/pdf/Rudin.pdf

Anti-Terrorism Legislation

• http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/ns-sn/act-loi.html

• http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/a-11.7/

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/c-51-controversial-anti-terrorism-bill-is-now-law-so-what-changes-1.3108608

• https://ccla.org/understanding-bill-c-51-the-anti-terrorism-act-2015/

• http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/canada-anti-terrorism/

• http://mackenzieinstitute.com/assessing-provisions-canadas-new-anti-terrorism-act-bill-c-51-contributes-effective-counter-terrorism/

Capital Punishment

• http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/should-canada-bring-back-the-death-penalty

• http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/david-martin/death-penalty-canada_b_6107872.html

• http://historyofrights.ca/encyclopaedia/main-events/capital-punishment/

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/capital-punishment-in-canada-1.795391

• http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/capital-punishment

• http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/03/15/tasha-kheiriddin-stafford-case-shows-why-canada-needs-the-death-penalty/

• http://www.ubcpress.ca/books/pdf/chapters/2010/PracticeOfExecutionInCanada.pdf

• http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/02/08/majority_of_canadians_support_return_of_death_penalty_poll_finds.html

• http://deathpenaltycurriculum.org/student/c/about/arguments/arguments.PDF

• http://www.amnesty.ca/our-work/issues/abolish-the-death-penalty/death-penalty-in-canada

Censorship

• http://historyofrights.ca/encyclopaedia/main-events/censorship/

• http://www.freedomtoread.ca/censorship-in-canada/#.WAaPRPkrK1s

• http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/04/04/quebec-bill-would-force-internet-firms-to-block-access-to-online-gaming-sites_n_9603634.html

• https://ccla.org/focus-areas/fundamental-freedoms/freedom-of-expression-2/

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/canadas-law-on-hate-speech-is-the-embodiment-of-compromise/article22520419/

• http://www.cbc.ca/archives/topic/artists-busted-censorship-in-canada

• http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/censorship/

Cyberbullying

• https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/cnt/cbrbllng/prnts/lgl-cnsqncs-en.aspx

• http://www.prevnet.ca/bullying/cyber-bullying/legal-consequences

• http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cycp-cpcj/bull-inti/index-eng.htm

• https://nobullying.com/cyberbullying-laws-canada/

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/cyberbullying-law-1.3442677

• http://globalnews.ca/news/2849157/canada-needs-cyberbullying-laws-that-allow-for-non-criminal-solutions-professor/

Euthanasia

• http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/health-system-systeme-sante/services/end-life-care-soins-fin-vie/medical-assistance-dying-aide-medicale-mourir-eng.php

• http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/06/12/quebec_tables_euthanasia_legislation.html

• http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/quebec-euthanasia-bill-puts-spotlight-back-on-right-to-die-debate-1.1323851

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/assisted-suicide-quebec-has-found-a-flexible-approach-to-euthanasia-law/article12853839/

• http://ethics-euthanasia.ca/legislation/

• http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/tag/euthanasia-laws-canada

• http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/2010-68-e.htm

• http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/canada/

• http://www.lifecanada.org/quebec-bill-52--the-euthanasia-bill

Firearms / Gun Control

• http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/what-to-know-about-gun-control-in-canada

• http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-government-stiffens-firearm-laws-as-gun-related-killings-spike-and-u-s-smugglers-get-creative

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-s-restricted-gun-ownership-increased-9-5-per-cent-in-2015-1.3745464

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/why-canada-has-a-gun-problem/article29642837/

• http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/pol-leg/hist/con-eng.htm

• https://www.loc.gov/law/help/firearms-control/canada.php

Piracy

• http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/12/anti-piracy-firm-wants-to-bring-u-s-style-copyright-lawsuits-to-canada/

• http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/company-tracks-illegal-downloading-of-1-million-canadians-1.1057091

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/law-cracks-down-on-digital-piracy-in-canada/article596121/

• http://globalnews.ca/news/313134/canada-prepares-for-crackdown-on-bittorrent-movie-pirates/

• http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=3060548&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=39&Ses=1&File=33

• http://www.chamber.ca/advocacy/policy-resolutions/2013-proposed-resolutions/Intellectual_Property_Rights_Theft.pdf

• http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/qc/services/sef-fis/prop_intel-eng.htm

Privacy versus National Security

• https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/speeches/2016/sp-d_20160608/

• https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/ntnl-scrt-grn-ppr-2016-bckgrndr/index-en.aspx

• https://ccla.org/focus-areas/national-security/surveillance-and-privacy/

• https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/national-security-vs-privacy-in-the-modern-age.pdf

• http://historyofrights.ca/encyclopaedia/main-events/privacy/

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-digital-privacy-laws-in-bad-need-of-updating-watchdog/article12092575/

• http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/06/06/privacy-laws-canada-jennifer-stoddart_n_3396882.html

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/canada-s-privacy-laws-inadequate-for-digital-age-watchdog-says-1.1341018

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/store-video-cameras-failing-to-comply-with-privacy-laws-1.1189399

• http://www.priv.gc.ca/resource/fs-fi/02_05_d_15_e.asp

• http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-21/index.html

Racial Profiling

• https://ccla.org/a-recent-history-of-racial-profiling-and-policing/

• https://ccla.org/thinking-about-racial-profiling-and-carding-in-canada/

• http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/racial-profiling/

• http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/tag/discrimination-type/racial-profiling

• http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-september-13-2016-1.3759566/non-white-lawyers-in-canada-call-out-racial-profiling-in-justice-system-1.3759655

• https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/09/09/black-lawyer-lays-racial-profiling-complaint-after-being-denied-entry-to-toronto-law-building.html

Stop and Check

• http://ccla.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Know-Your-Rights-Booklet1.pdf

• http://www.legalinfo.org/criminal-law/you-and-the-police.html

• http://svan.ca/police-rights/

• http://scc.lexum.org/decisia-scc-csc/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/69/index.do

• http://www.hrcr.org/safrica/privacy/r_ladouceur.html

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/judge-tosses-case-against-racially-profiled-driver-1.1135296

• http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/06/28/michael-kempa-police-street-checks-promote-community-safety-prove-it/

• http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/index.php?section=article&articleid=1901

• http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2012/11/12/toronto_police_to_issue_receipts_to_people_stopped_in_street_checks.html

Surrogate Motherhood

• http://impactethics.ca/2013/07/18/surrogacy-and-parental-licensing/

• http://www.cfas.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=772&Itemid=523

• http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201201021966/headline-news/loopholes-in-law-spark-rise-in-illegal-surrogacy-deals

• http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/10/through-surrogacy-winnipeg-couple-became-parents-but-not-in-the-eyes-of-canadian-law/

• http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/09/09/surrogate_mothers_nightmare.html

• http://uniter.ca/view/canadas-federal-assisted-reproduction-law-confuses

• http://www.iaac.ca/en/771-456-the-prohibition-on-paying-or-accepting-consideration-for-arranging-for-the-services-of-a-surrogate-mother-what-it-means-and-why-it-does-more-harm-than-good-by-sara-cohen-fall-2012

• http://www.surrogacy.ca/resources/faq.html

Youth Crimes

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/federal-legislation-tough-on-young-criminals/article587278/?page=all

• http://ablawg.ca/2008/10/27/sentencing-under-the-youth-criminal-justice-act-are-kids-really-getting-away-with-murder/

• http://news.nationalpost.com/tag/youth-criminal-justice-act

• http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/youth-criminal-justice-act/

• http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/160217/dq160217b-eng.htm

• http://johnhoward.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/jhso-report-ycja-submission-2008.pdf

• http://canadiancrc.com/youth_criminal_justice_canada.aspx

• http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/yj-jj/index.html

• http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/y-1.5/

Wrongful Convictions

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-s-wrongful-convictions-1.783998

• http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/09/18/convicted-child-killers-case-prompts-push-to-preserve-evidence/

• https://www.aidwyc.org/education/causes-of-wrongful-convictions/

• https://www.aidwyc.org/dna/

• https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/goudge/policy_research/pdf/Macfarlane_Wrongful-Convictions.pdf

• http://www.ppsc-sppc.gc.ca/eng/pub/ptj-spj/

• http://publications.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/bp285-e.htm

• http://scholarship.law.uc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1150&context=uclr

• http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wrongful-convictions/

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