Une première au Nouveau-Brunswick; cependant la nouvelle comporte un bémol. Lisez plus/Read more…
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The municipality of Petrolia has banned a citizen from its public facilities after he posted YouTube videos critizing structural issues with the town’s community centre. The wall of the community centre has cracked, and pieces have fallen off. The official reason for the ban is said to be because the citizen brought a camera into the community centre, a violation of their rules. Reporters from the Sarnia Observer were also told they were unable to photograph a damaged area of the community centre’s wall. In my opinion, a ban on municipal public facilities is quite harsh for violating a rule against video. Granted, the municipality stated that the rule is in place to protect privacy and the safety of children, but the punishment seems rather excessive. It is possible that the municipality is attempting to punish him for his criticism, more than a violation of the rules. In a statement to the Sarnia Observer, the banned citizen said, “I live in a Gestapo state. I’m no longer allowed to question my government.” Source: The London Free Press It has been just over six months since the Honourable Thomas R. Braidwood QC released the first phase of his report making recommendations to the B.C. provincial government on the appropriate use of restricted energy weapons by governmental agencies. Last week, Metro Vancouver Transit Police released videos of nine incidents in which they had deployed the weapons, in response, reports the CBC , to a freedom of information request made by them. Lisez plus/Read more… Saskatchewan’s Privacy Commissioner has expressed concern about the security of health records after a doctor retires or dies. Lisez plus/Read more… Le Conseil Supérieur de la langue française (CSLF) a recommandé que les écoles privées non subventionnées doivent appliquer la loi 101 sans exceptions. Cette recommandation fait suit au jugement de la Cour Suprême qui avait décidé que la loi 104 était invalide et inconstitutionnelle. A cette époque, des parents allophones ou francophones envoyaient leurs enfants à des écoles privées non subventionnées pour contourner la loi 101 et avoir ensuite le droit d’accéder au système anglophone subventionné. Le président du Conseil juge qu’il est inacceptable d’acheter un droit à l’enseignement en anglais et ainsi avoir deux classes d’immigrants. Il ajoute que tous ceux qui font le choix de venir au Québec sont obligés de fréquenter les écoles en français. -Le Devoir Que pensez-vous ? The Conservative government has asked former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to examine the documents containing information on what Canadian authorities knew about the torture of Afghan prisoners. Justice Iacobucci will review the documents and determine whether the proposed redactions are justified in light of national security concerns. Professor Stuart Hendin of the University of Ottawa pointed out that whether the truth comes out will depend which documents Iacobucci is given and whether his decisions will be final or subject to the government scrutiny. Update: A statement of claim has been filed in which the plaintiff alleges that the investigators breached their duty and conducted a negligent investigation by failing arrest and take evidence from the officers involved in the assault. The plaintiff has rejected suggestions to take his complaint to the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner, and his lawyer has been quoted as stating that the office is staffed by former officers who would have trouble finding fault with their old colleagues. Lisez plus/Read more… A woman has recently filed a human rights complaint against the Quebec government for an ultimatum it gave an Egyptian-born woman taking French classes at a local Cegep: take off the niqab or drop the class. La Presse reports that the college was initially accommodating, allowing the woman to present with her back to the class and providing a seating arrangement in which men would not face her directly. However, the woman refused repeat requests by instructors that she remove her veil in order to correct her enunciation and facial expression. Ultimately, the director of francization with the Quebec Department of Immigration formally expelled the woman as a result of her failure to remove her veil and informed her that she could continue taking the class online. The Quebec government has publicly supported the school’s decision to expel the student; however, it has also undertaken to “clarify” its position on the niqab in educational institutions. The debate has re-initiated a nationwide debate over the “reasonable accommodation” issue. See below for coverage and opinion pieces from across the country: Le 25 février, la Cour d’appel du Québec a rejeté la requête en permission d’aller en appel dont elle avait été saisie le mois dernier, relativement à l’affaire concernant les cours d’éthique et culture religieuse (ERC). Le plus haut tribunal de la province a refusé d’entendre les parents dénoncant le caractère obligatoire du cours ERC, déclinant de la sorte toute demande d’exemption. Cette décision confirme le jugement de la Cour supérieure rendu en septembre dernier, à l’effet que le cours ERC ne brime pas la liberté de conscience et de religion. En outre, la Cour d’appel a conclu que le débat était devenu théorique, compte tenu que les enfants visés dans ce recours ne fréquentent plus un établissement de la commission scolaire en litige, la Commission scolaire des Chênes. Tel que le déclare le juge Yves-Marie Morissette, « la position des appelants dans le débat théorique qu’ils voudraient faire en appel est vouée à l’échec ». A fascinating story in the Globe and Mail described controversial police tactics used in Toronto against a youth in an attempt to collect evidence against suspects in a torture-murder case. Lisez plus/Read more… |
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