Category Archives: Charter and Constitutional Rights

The no-knock entry: Why are some Canadian police behaving like Americans?

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-the-no-knock-entry-why-are-some-canadian-police-behaving-lik Related Black community demanding answers from police in man’s falling death Anthony Aust fell to his death after Ottawa police executed ‘no-knock’ raid of family’s apartment CBC News · Posted: Oct 19, 2020 4:58 PM ET | Last Updated: … Continue reading →

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RCMP and CBSA officers to face questions over Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in extradition case

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-rcmp-cbsa-arrest-extradition-1.5773362

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Federal Court rules Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement unconstitutional | Globalnews.ca

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

The US no longer considered a safe third country due to imprisonment when asylum seekers returned to the US including children. https://globalnews.ca/news/7205230/federal-court-rules-canada-u-s-safe-third-country-agreement-unconstitutional/

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Court challenge launched over Ontario disclosure of COVID-19 testing with police

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Court challenge launched over Ontario disclosure of COVID-19 testing with police https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-court-challenge-launched-over-ontario-disclosure-of-covid-19-testing/ Safety of first responders is important and so is preventing misuse of private health information. Hopefully they can find the right balance and have independent and effective oversight … Continue reading →

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Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada, privacy commissioner says

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

July 9 2020 Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada, privacy commissioner says https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-clearview-ai-to-end-facial-recognition-services-in-canada-privacy/ Related Facial recognition firm Clearview AI probed by U.K., Australia for privacy issues https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/european-business/article-facial-recognition-firm-clearview-ai-probed-by-uk-australia-for/

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Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Zachary McCoy used an exercise-tracking app, RunKeeper, to record his rides.. image: Agnes Lopez / for NBC News Big data when used without limits or oversight often results in privacy breaches and wrongful assumptions. Police can now get personal details … Continue reading →

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Does the B.C. gas pipeline need approval from hereditary chiefs? – Macleans.ca

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Protesters at a rally in Vancouver in support of pipeline protesters in northwestern B.C. (Darryl Dyck/CP) — This explains the two types of indigenous leadership, what role they each play and why they are often not in agreement. There is … Continue reading →

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The strange tale of the paid protesters supporting Meng Wanzhou at her extradition hearing

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Kevin Yaworski

Demonstrators outside B.C. Supreme Court on Day 1 of Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearing Monday. Actor Julia Hackstaff, far right, says she was told she was appearing as an extra in a movie shoot. (Georgie Smyth/CBC) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/paid-protesters-meng-wanzhou-1.5434613

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Ontario using new law to suppress suits over negligent government conduct, lawyers say

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Kevin Yaworski

Ontario using new law to suppress suits over negligent government conduct, lawyers say https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-using-new-legislation-to-shut-down-class-action-suits/ Comments Very dangerous precedence. Instead of dealing with systemic issues in the justice system and elsewhere in government they have removed the ability to sue them … Continue reading →

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Jury trials at risk as judge strikes down federal ban on peremptory challenges enacted after Boushie case

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Kevin Yaworski

JUSTICE WRITER PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 6, 2019 SEAN FINE https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-judge-strikes-down-federal-ban-on-peremptory-jury-selection/

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