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11/02/2018

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11/01/2018

https://ipolitics.ca/2018/11/01/supreme-court-wont-hear-immigration-detention-case/

Charter Rights s12: will not hear a deported man’s claim that the five years he spent in custody amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court will not hear a deported man’s claim that the five years he spent in immigration custody amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. Alvin Brown arrived in Canada from Jamaica in 1983 as a child and became a permanent resident, but the government revoked his status in 20...

10/02/2018

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/10/01/federal-government-facing-pushback-over-bill-to-transform-justice-system.html

changes introduced earlier this year to revamp the system include: limiting inquiries, increasing the maximum sentences for offences, and eliminating peremptory challenges during selection.

Groups argued before the House of Commons justice committee that many of Bill C-75’s provisions are ill-considered and require further study.

08/28/2018

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cannabis-ma*****na-saliva-roadside-test-thc-drager-1.4801147

The Minister of Justice approved the Drager DrugTest 5000 as the first saliva equipment to be used by to for , the main psychoactive agent in .

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has approved the Drager DrugTest 5000 as the first saliva screening equipment to be used by law enforcement to test for THC, the main psychoactive agent in cannabis.

08/17/2018

https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/technology/blockchain-stay-will-impact-insurance-industry-1004135884/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

As the hype around continues and it looks increasingly like the is here to stay, are taking a closer look and seeking to create to respond to this evolving market.

As the hype around blockchain continues and it looks increasingly like the technology is here to stay, insurers are taking a closer look and seeking to create coverages to respond to this evolving market. Blockchain currently has a variety of…

08/13/2018

The average data breach shuts a small business down for a cumulative average of 59 hours, costing the organization just over $ 1 million in lost revenue.

There is a very large untapped market for selling cyber insurance to small businesses. How can brokers best approach small business owners to offer them cyber coverage? A recent 2018 study of Canadian “smaller businesses” by Scalar Security* found that…

08/10/2018

https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/risk/many-canadians-driving-high-statistics-canada-1004135507/

With the Trudeau government’s Cannabis Act set to become law on Oct. 17, Statistics Canada has begun measuring the social and economic impacts of legalized cannabis through a quarterly national cannabis survey.

OTTAWA – A new Statistics Canada survey has found about 1.4 million Canadians reported they had been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone who had consumed cannabis in the previous two hours. In addition, one in seven cannabis…

08/08/2018

A priority dispute between Ontario auto insurers over who should pay accident benefits to a mechanic injured while test-driving a customer’s car could be headed to Canada’s highest court.

A priority dispute between Ontario auto insurers over who should pay accident benefits to a mechanic injured while test-driving a customer’s car could be headed to Canada’s highest court. Auto repair shop owner Jing Hua Fan was hurt in 2011…

12/25/2016

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10/21/2016

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