INTRO Canada and the US both base their criminal law on British common law. However, while the US allows individual states to enact their own criminal law, Canada maintains a single Criminal Code that is consistent and applies to all provinces and territories. This raises the question of whether Canada should follow the United States lead and enable each province to adopt its own criminal legislation. In this paper, I'll discuss the pros and cons of implementing a comparable system in Canada. PRO #1 One benefit of letting the provinces draft their own criminal laws is that it would make it easier for the local governments to prioritize and respond to their needs. Canada is known for being a vastly diverse country, with each province having …show more content…
cities top [of] list[s] of the country's highest crime rates”. The government could choose to implement more progressive laws focused on reducing the crime rate, decriminalizing drugs, or even banning the use of drugs in public areas. In contrast, a different province, like Newfoundland and Labrador, may focus more on enacting more serious penalties for property crime or theft as Newfoundland and Labrador property crime rates increase, and they would be able to create laws that reflect those problems. This approach of allowing each province and territory to make criminal laws that are tailored to the province's needs would make the justice system much more effective and responsive. Having provincial laws could also improve public trust and cooperation with law enforcement, as the laws are more closely aligned with local …show more content…
Allowing provinces to have the flexibility to change their laws or create new ones could lead to a more dynamic and responsive criminal justice system, which is better equipped to handle different challenges. CON #2 Allowing the provinces to set their own laws could lead to significant inequalities across the country. If provinces are allowed to create their own criminal laws, there will be a huge disparity in how justice is being administered. Some provinces may choose to make more lenient laws, while other provinces may choose to administer harsher penalties for similar crimes, which leads to unequal treatment of citizens based on where they
Question: Everyone in Canada should be fingerprinted and photographed to make law enforcement easier. Please provide an argument for and an argument against. For: Everyone in Canada should be photographed and fingerprinted because it would make it easier to catch criminals and over all make a law enforcement officer’s job less stressful. The reason for this would be that officers can identify who committed a crime by simply scanning a bank robber’s face from a surveillance camera then matching the
society in order to maintain peace and equality. The Criminal Justice System gives civilians the opportunity to receive integrity through a legal system while giving them a fair chance to deal with negligence and misconduct. There are several components that work together to enforce the purpose played by the Criminal Justice System. Most obviously, it includes the rules and laws entrenched in the Charter and Constitution in which prosecutors and judges base their decisions. Secondly, it consists of the
Introduction At the age of 12, three months after my immunity from the law ended, I committed a dreadful crime. On a winter night while Burnaby was sound sleep underneath a blanket of snow, I used my mighty hands to grab a handful of snow and threw it at my neighbor 's door. Thankfully, my neighbor did not report me to the police who would have charged me with mischief according to section 430(1)(a) and had me sentenced to life imprisonment (430(b)). Luckily, my neighbor took pity on my poor soul
The criminal case of R v. Smith (Edward Dewey) had a significant impact on Canadian law for narcotics punishments, as well as redefined the concept of crueal and unusual punishment. Throughout the course of this case, the base concept of cruel and unusual punishment was re-defined and put into effect. Since cruel and unusual punishment is a changing concept as time goes on, the redefinition of it was entirely necessary. As for the Canadian citizens that this has affected, many non-violent people
Racism and the Law in Canada In the 1900’s a prominent English scholar Gilbert Murray said: “There is in the world a hierarchy of races;[some] will direct and rule the others, and the lower work of the world will tend in the long run to be done by the lower breeds of men. This we of the ruling colour will no doubt accept as obvious.”(Walker; 1997) It was very true at the time; everywhere you looked you could see that white men assumed all roles of responsibility. Canada has been fighting a
a learning process we are not born into this world and know that certain people should be treated differently due to their gender differences and sexuality. Our culture, norms and values plays mature role in creating a negative image towards other groups of people. The Supreme Court of Canada defines marriage as between two people with different gender. As time passes, the society changes as well as the law. “The law is a vital force in society: it is a skeleton that structures our economic, social
Organized Crime has been a contributor to the dehumanization of access to our human rights. For example Human Trafficking has been around ancient to contemporary slavery (Lyon 2006) and is still in existence today it has become beneficial to a lot of criminal intenders who exploits free labour by luring hundreds of Canadian women and children into prostitution every day. This shows an example of slavery been intractable to globalized economics, as slave labour in the global South touches many products
Introduction According to Public Safety Canada and their April 2012 statistics, there have been 25 convictions, involving 41 victims, under human trafficking specific offences in Canada. 56 cases were currently in court during that period in time and involved approximately 136 victims (26 of these victims were below the age of 18) and at least 85 people arrested under suspicion. In these cases, less than 10% of the people involved were brought into Canada from another country, demonstrating that
‘soldier’s pact.’ In Capt. Semrau’s mind he had rationalized that he was morally justified in shooting the insurgent as he ended the misery of the Taliban guerrilla and hoped someone would do the same for him if the roles were reversed. Regardless of how he interpreted his ethical obligations, his use of them contravened the overriding authority of Principle I of the ethical principles which is entitled ‘Respect the dignity of all persons.’
radar, one begins to question the effectiveness of the registry, and what can be done to develop it’s quality and accuracy. Another question which seems to badger Canadian society today is that relating to whether a minor should be a registrant at all, no matter what their crime, Canada has a strong belief in rehabilitation. Rehabilitate, and develop, both of the utmost substance when observing the ways in which a sex offender registry are and
of crime and criminal justice has become incredibly widespread in the last decade, with crime often considered both a source of news and entertainment. As a source of entertainment, crime and criminal justice have emerged as central themes across various sources of media. Most individuals do not have any direct experience with the criminal justice system, so their only source of information on this topic is the media. Particularly in television shows, portrayals of crime and criminal justice can be
From 1960 to 1990 the women’s movement in Canada played a significant role in history concerning the revolution of women’s rights. Although it was a long road coming for them, they were able to achieve the rights they deserved. Women struggled for equality rights to men but primarily their rights as a person. Since the 1960s women’s rights had significantly changed, they had to work hard for the rights that they have in the present day. Females across the nation started speaking out against gender
resources. Since the government is the stepping stone of the nation, it requires the appropriate system that establishes an anchored base of a strong country; there are three types of government systems: a unitary system, Federal system and a Confederate system. This paper will spot light on the last two systems by identifying their notions through United States and Canada, because regardless to their many similarities, there are significant distinctions in the ways they constructed their federalisms
Traditional Justice Resembling state-base justice, traditional justice has a rich history and before we talk about the pros and cons of this justice approach, I will first define traditional justice and its history. Unlike state-based approach, traditional justice attempts to repair harmed relationships and there does not exists any formal procedures (Diamond). What this means is that both parties must come together and solve the issue and often with the help of a third party who is often a
I. Introduction “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press …” as stated by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution[1]. Most subsequent democracies have adopted this view as well, believing that it is a fundamental part of what makes a democratic system effective. For example, Canada has given their citizens the right to freedom of speech; but like the United States, they have placed certain limitations which restrict its usage. The limitations