Episode 52: COVID class actions, U.K. speech crimes & MAID for the mentally ill

Not Reserving Judgment

On Episode 52, we explain the proposed class actions related to COVID-19 vaccines and lockdowns in Alberta; we discuss the new legal challenge that argues the mentally ill have a right to MAID; and we update you on the harsh sentences for speech crimes in the U.K.

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Stories and cases discussed in this week's episode:

• Who are the rioters and what jail sentences have they received?
• 'Burn it all down': Head of B.C. civil liberties group resigns over tweet about church fires
• Hope Not Hate boss apologises for false ‘acid attack on Muslim woman’ tweet
• Whitehorse city council passes civility policy
• Canada's assisted-dying law faces constitutional fight for excluding mental disorder
• Man jailed for shouting at police dog and using racist slurs
• Black woman charged after using n-word on social media
• Woman jailed for hate related communications
• ‘I’m 28. And I’m Scheduled to Die in May.’
• COVID class action for businesses (statement of claim)
• COVID class action for vaccine injuries
• Whitehorse Civility Policy

Not Reserving Judgment is a podcast about Canadian constitutional law hosted by Josh Dehaas, Joanna Baron, and Christine Van Geyn.

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