Criminal
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March 13, 2026
Human Rights Tribunal orders sweeping deaf inmate accommodation reforms in federal prisons
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has ordered sweeping reforms to how federal prisons accommodate deaf inmates, ruling that Correctional Service Canada (CSC) must provide ASL interpretation for key meetings and meaningful daily communication.
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March 13, 2026
Feds reboot new police powers, obligations to give police & CSIS ‘lawful access’ to digital data
Following public outcry and stiff political opposition to its sweeping “strong borders” omnibus bill (Bill C-2), the minority Liberal government has migrated the expanded “lawful access” powers and new obligations for electronic service providers to assist police and CSIS investigators from C-2 into standalone legislation (Bill C-22).
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March 13, 2026
Saskatchewan eyeing way to have owners keep banned guns until compensated by feds
Saskatchewan is ramping up its push against the federal government’s gun buyback program — this time by proposing legislative changes that would allow owners of banned firearms to keep them on behalf of the province.
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March 13, 2026
Eight grounds for appeal dismissed in Ontario murder of appellant’s partner, child
After a four-month trial, Glenn Bauman was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his common law partner, Linda Daniel, and her young daughter, Cheyenne. The trial took place five years after their disappearance.
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March 12, 2026
Nova Scotia man convicted of making 3D firearms, CBSA announces
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that a Nova Scotia man has been sentenced to six years in prison for manufacturing 3D firearms, according to a March 12 statement.
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March 12, 2026
Health Canada adds five fentanyl precursors to list of permanent controlled substances
Health Canada’s addition next month of five chemicals to the list of permanent controlled substances that are precursors to the manufacture of fentanyl prompted a question to Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, asking why Canada, unlike the U.K. and the U.S., does not also list under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) the animal tranquillizers that frequently contaminate fentanyl.
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March 12, 2026
N.W.T. issues ‘What We Heard’ report on planned trespass laws
Many residents of the Northwest Territories consider trespassing on private property to be a problem and want laws that give them more tools to remove trespassers, require them to identify themselves and allow their arrest.
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March 12, 2026
Lowering the rate of Indigenous over-incarceration in Saskatchewan
Canada’s criminal law is written in Ottawa, but the provinces enforce it. That constitutional division helps explain why incarceration rates vary so dramatically across the country. Nowhere is the contrast more striking than in Saskatchewan, which has at times recorded the highest incarceration rate in Canada and one of the highest among sub-national jurisdictions in the western world.
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March 12, 2026
SENTENCING - Offences against person and reputation - Offences relating to conveyances
Appeal by Georgopoulos from a sentence of two and a half years’ imprisonment and a six-year driving prohibition imposed following his conviction for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm. The appellant, a 42-year-old mortgage broker with no criminal record, was driving and while attempting to pass a streetcar, he accelerated from 52 km/h to 112 km/h in a 40 km/h zone without braking, striking a parked car, the streetcar, and another vehicle.
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March 12, 2026
Student paper snapshots in animal law: Animals vs. plastics
As part of my ongoing Student Paper Snapshots in Animal Law series in these pages, I am not only featuring my own animal law students from the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC, but I have also invited students from other universities to showcase their thought-provoking research papers.