It’s been a little over a month since the legalization of cannabis. Despite the concerns there has been no spike in cannabis-impaired driving. Drug impaired driving was a criminal offence before legalization and that hasn’t changed since legalization. However in...
The Youth Criminal Justice Act is a complex piece of legislation that governs how criminal charges against young persons are to be dealt with. The Act places a high degree of importance on the rehabilitation and reintegration of young persons back into society. As the...
Note: The mandatory minimum fines and maximum sentence available changed on December 18, 2018. For information regarding fines for offences occurring after December 18, 2018 see this post. Pleading guilty to impaired driving? There are many costs both personal and...
Call it what you want: cannabis, marijuana, pot, weed, dope. On October 17, 2018 the federal Cannabis Act came into force legalizing cannabis across the country. While the federal government has legalized marijuana, the regulation of it has fallen to each individual...
The Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) applies to young persons charged with criminal offences that are between the ages of 12 and 18. One of the most important aspects of the YCJAis the sentencing provisions for young offenders. Sentencing under the YCJA is much more...
