Law of Canada

About Gun Laws While firearm-related violent crime accounts for a relatively small proportion of all violent crime in Canada, it can have considerable physical, emotional, and psychological effects on those who are victimized, on families, and on the community. As a result, firearm-related violent crime is a significant social concern. In addition, about one in five (21%) firearm-related deaths in Canada is the result of a criminal offence, while the majority (79%) are the result of suicide, accident, or legal intervention. What Laws Control Firearms in Canada? Primarily firearms are regulated by the Firearms Act and by Part III of the Criminal Code. The Firearms Act set out the rules for possessing a firearm whereas…

The Legislative framework The management of an organisation in Canada is governed by the federal as well as the provincial laws. A consistent compliance to the terms and conditions is essential in order to hire and retain the workforce. Hence, the laws framed by the constitution are of immense importance for the organisations that strive for creating a progressive work environment.Some important laws governing the province are: a) The Employment Standards Act, 2000 Implies minimum rights and…

Impartial Immigration Laws The immigration laws of Canada and India are truly fair. The only con is that they both have long immigration processes. Although, now Canada has released a new program called the Express Entry and India has released a new program called Visa on Arrival. Both speed up the long immigration process for certain people. Canada’s immigration laws weren’t fair in the past because they discriminated against many communities; surprisingly, Canada now has one of the best set…

Q4.1: (a) Does Boyd consider Canada to be a leader in environmental protection, or a laggard? (b) Why does he suggest that this should be surprising? (c) State briefly in your own words two weaknesses of environmental law in Canada. (d) What might an ultimate cause of these weaknesses? Answer: (a) Boyd does consider Canada to be a laggard in environmental protection with all the potential to be a leader. Canada’s environmental record is compared to 28 other industrialized nations, with…

Brief: Law Society of Upper Canada v. Gavris, 2015 ONLSTH 144. Purpose: The Law Society of Upper Canada brought an action against Mr. Yuir Garvis to the Law Society Tribunal. The Tribunal had to determine if professional misconduct occurred and if Mr. Garvis had reasonable grounds for an adjournment. Facts: Law Society investigators sent 6 letters to Mr. Garvis and contacted him by telephone regarding two misconduct issues. The first accusation consisted of Mr. Garvis fraudulently obtaining a…

Positive law was established by the head of the state, and for the good of the state as a whole. This particular law serves no moral purpose other than ensuring the survival of the state and its citizens. (Theories of Law: Natural and Positive Law). The topic of abortion, deliberately ending a pregnancy before the fetus can live solely, is often argued as a violation of a human’s right to life. (Medical-Dictionary). Currently in Canada physicians have the legal obligation to deny that they will…

Across North America, the use of guns and firearms were very controversial and still are till this day. Many Canadian politicians and citizens have looked down on the United States their gun control laws. On December 6th, 1989, an eye-opening tragedy for occurred. Twenty-five year old Marc Lepine walked into the University of Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique, murdered 13 female engineering students, a woman staff member and killed himself. The massacre left the victims’ family in devastation and…

Relatively speaking, Canada is a country that has managed to keep gun violence to a minimum rate compared to other countries. However, the acts of one man on a murderous rampage sparked an outrage that lead to the development of the Long Gun Registry with the hope that it would diminish the availability of weaponry to criminally minded individuals. The Long Gun Registry was not successful in targeting criminals, as it actually only targeted law abiding citizens and homicide rates actually…

Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy, that is as well technically a constitutional democracy under the dominion of the British Commonwealth; however, the British Commonwealth is purely ceremonial and does not possess any real control over the direction of Canada nor any actions dealing with Canadian foreign policy. The head of state of Canada is Queen Elizabeth II of the British Commonwealth, but as I stated earlier she holds no real power in Canada and is ceremonial. The true power in…

The research question that I have is one that evaluates the economic foreign policy within in Canada. In particular, the question could focus on sub-topics around its operations with international organizations, economic conflicts, or economic sanctions imposed on foreign states. A potential research question could be “Is Canadian foreign policy effective on imposing economic sanctions in conjunction with local laws and rules of international organizations?” The purpose of this research…