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Canada's national police force is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) which is the main police force in Canada's north, and in rural areas except in Quebec, Ontario, and Newfoundland. Those three provinces have their own provincial police forces, although the RCMP still operate throughout rural Newfoundland and also provide specific ...
Incarceration in Canada is one of the main forms of punishment, rehabilitation, or both, for the commission of an indictable offense and other offenses. According to Statistics Canada , as of 2018/2019 there were a total of 37,854 adult offenders incarcerated in Canadian federal and provincial prisons on an average day for an incarceration rate ...
This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of Canada from the formation of the Court in 1875 to the retirement of Gérald Fauteux in 1973. Note that the Privy Council heard appeals for criminal cases until 1933 and for civil cases until 1949. Also between 1888 and 1926, no criminal appeals were allowed to the ...
The following is a list of unsolved murders in Canada. Hundreds of homicides occur across Canada each year, many of which end up as cold cases . [ 1 ] In 2021, the country's intentional homicide rate stood at around 2.06 per 100,000 individuals, [ 2 ] increasing for the third consecutive year. [ 3 ]
Full case name: Her Majesty The Queen and Attorney General of Quebec v Alexandre Bissonnette: Citations: 2022 SCC 23: Docket No. 39544 [1] Prior history: Judgment for defendant in the Court of Appeal for Quebec: Holding; Section 745.51 of the Criminal Code violates Section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is of no force or ...
This is a comprehensive list of cases originating in Canada decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in Britain.. From 1867 to 1949, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the highest court of appeal for Canada (and, separately, for Newfoundland, which did not join Canada as a province until 1949).
By Anna Mehler Paperny. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's federal government introduced a bill on Thursday aimed at addressing what the justice minister called a "shameful" over-representation of Black ...
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