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R v Elliott was a criminal harassment trial based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Gregory Alan Elliott was charged with criminally harassing three women in the Toronto area, following a protracted dispute with feminist activist Stephanie Guthrie.
The Criminal Code is a federal statute passed by the Parliament of Canada, which has exclusive constitutional jurisdiction over the criminal law in Canada. [9] There are three separate hatred-related offences: section 318 (advocating genocide ), [ 10 ] section 319(1) (publicly inciting hatred likely to lead to a breach of the peace), [ 11 ] and ...
This prohibits criminal liability from arising from an ex post facto law. In the 1991 case of R. v. Furtney, the Supreme Court explained that this section does not prescribe the details of how the existence of the offence is to be made known, especially given its reference to international law, which inherently defies domestic codification. [6]
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (French: Tribunal des droits de la personne de l’Ontario) is an administrative tribunal in Ontario, Canada that hears and determines applications brought under the Ontario Human Rights Code, the provincial statute that sets out human rights in Ontario prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a number of grounds (such as race, sex or disability) in ...
Illegal immigration to Canada is the act of a person who is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident entering or remaining in Canada in a manner contrary to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and its associated regulations.
Finally, ignorance of the law is not a defence. Section 19 of the Criminal Code specifically prohibits this defence. However, in rare cases, ignorance of a law other than the one under which the accused is charged can be a defence if knowledge of that law is a relevant circumstance required to be proved as part of the actus reus and/or mens rea.
The Human Rights Code is a statute in the Canadian province of Ontario that guarantees equality before the law and prohibits discrimination in specific social areas such as housing or employment. The code's goal specifically prohibits discrimination based on race , colour , gender identity or expression , sex , sexual orientation , disability ...
Criminal use of a computer No use of work computer for any improper purpose. [15] 2013-2014 Gross mismanagement for management's failure to address bullying and harassment in a particular work unit, and preferential treatment of a vendor No gross mismanagement. [16] 2013-2014 Conflict of interest and gross mismanagement