Check out the latest study from CDUHR investigator Saba Rouhani - Emerging models of de facto drug policy reforms in the United States sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It's about friggen time!!!

What's new on CrimRxiv? 👀 “It's going to get pretty tippy”: Stakeholder perspectives on the (dys)function of a four pillars drug strategy ift.tt/sA9X7c5

If the Doug Ford govt's decision to close 10/17 safe consumption sites is challenged in court, will it be found to violate s.7 (life, liberty and security of the person) and s.15 (equality rights) of the Charter? @EmmMacfarlane on why the s.7 argument has "a very strong basis"

Don't miss your chance to catch the screening tomorrow of Someone Lives Here & post-screening panel, moderated by Pivot staff lawyer and campaigner Anna Cooper, featuring panelists from our Homes Can't Wait! Aug 27 | 7PM | SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts reelcauses.org/someones-lives…

What to know about National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Orange Shirt Day on its fourth anniversary. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail #NDTR2024 #reconciliation

Happy to see a copy of this book that John Burchill, Terry Skolnik Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, PhD and I have toiled over for a few years! Lauren Gowler was a partner in many of the chapters ubcpress.ca/ancillary-poli… Akwasi Owusu-Bempah UM Law Research Robson Hall robson crim #policepower

My article 'The Problem of Complex Legislation', out now (online) in Legal Theory: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

How has litigation activity evolved in the Supreme Court of British Columbia over the past three decades? 🏛️📉 Using data from annual reports, Donald J. Netolitzky provides a comprehensive long-term analysis of court activity in this Canadian superior court.

This just in: Court sides with youth in historic climate case against Ontario ecojustice.ca/news/court-sid… we're still unpacking the decision but it is a big win for climate law in Canada. More to follow...

What!?: Use of [Charter s33] #notwithstandingclause for forced [involuntary] drug treatment ‘dangerous’ threat to #humanrights in Ontario, advocates say. Based on 'Big City Mayors' proposal led by Patrick Brown. #ccla #onpoli #mentalhealth insauga.com/use-of-notwith…

NEW - Elections BC has finished initial ballot count. The BC NDP won 46 seats, Conservatives 45, Greens 2. Final count will take place Oct 26 to 28 including approximately 49,000 mail in ballots BC wide. Recounts will take place in Juan de Fuca-Malahat and Surrey City Centre.

I'm incredibly humbled to see the second paper from my doctoral dissertation U of T Law in print in the Modern Law Review.

The Elections BC ballot counting process takes time because it is dedicated to protecting the integrity of the election — which it does. The delay is good and people calling it into question have things exactly backwards.

So go ahead do your sanctimonious keyboard warrior thing and look down on people, dismiss them, whatever. But I am telling you, that doesn't work. It makes things worse and it undermines both economic and identarian struggles for justice.

Legal rules without enforcement are just suggestions.

Big Supreme Court decision today on challenging high-level governmental decisions. Very interesting analysis but requires careful reading: Standard of Review of Regulations: Auer v. Auer, 2024 SCC 36 administrativelawmatters.com/s/6563 via Paul Daly

Criminologists are doing a lousy job of listening to why people believe certain things about crime/disorder. It's much easier to just dismiss the plebes as wrong. Two things can be simult. correct: crime is not at historically high levels & is still too high for many voters.

Today, British Columbia lost a remarkable leader, and we in the BC NDP lost a dear friend and mentor. John Horgan dedicated his life to public service, to the people of British Columbia, and to the principles of fairness, compassion, and integrity.

"The power of salmon is in all of us" 💗