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The Hells Angels threat in Quebec and Canada resulted in the first anti-gang law in Canadian legislation, as the Canadian government wished to build on the success of the American anti-racketeering legislation known as RICO. Furthermore, during the period the Canadian anti-gang legislation was created, many Montrealers were experiencing a high ...
The average murder rate between 1970 and 1976 was 9.4, between 1977 and 1983 it was 9.6, between 1984 and 1990 it was 9, between 1991 and 1997 it was 9.2 and between 1998 and 2004 it was 6.3. In 2004, the murder rate in the U.S. dipped below 6 per 100,000, for the first time since 1966, and as of 2010 stood at 4.8 per 100,000 [ 46 ]
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The UN Human Rights Council's Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent issued a report in 2017 finding "clear evidence that racial profiling is endemic in the strategies and practices used by law enforcement" in Canada. [48] In 2018 Statistics Canada reported that members of immigrant and visible minority populations, compared with ...
The United States pledges US$9 million in aid to Colombia to help support Venezuelan migrants in the country. (McClatchy DC Bureau) 2018 China–United States trade war. China announces 25% tariffs on an additional US$16 billion worth of imports from the United States, effective August 23, matching yesterday's decision by the United States.
June 8 and 9 – The 44th G7 summit is held in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. [10] June 11 to 17 – 2018 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship were held in St. Catharines, Ontario. [11] June 19 – The Parliament of Canada passes the final version of the Cannabis Act to legalize recreational use of cannabis. It will take effect on October 17. [12]
The law was struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada as an attempt to legislate criminal law ultra vires of the provincial legislature in the 1957 Switzman v Elbling decision. In 1949, spearheaded by the campaigning of MP Davie Fulton , crime comics were banned in Canada in Bill 10 of the 21st Canadian Parliament 's 1st session (informally ...