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Gun Possession Sentences Struck Down By B.C. Court

CP | Keven Drews, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge has concluded the federal government's mandatory-minimum sentence for the possession of a loaded and prohibited f...

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Government's Charter Violations? Let Me Count the Ways

Irwin Cotler | Posted 04.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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Irwin Cotler

Recently the Ontario Superior Court ruled that a mandatory minimum sentence imposed against a first time offender violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Yet this decision is but the latest in a growing list of instances where the judiciary has found the Harper government's law and policy to contravene the Charter while ignoring the rule of law.

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