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Canada: Psychiatric patients awarded nearly $10M in lawsuit over experimental treatments

·February 13, 2021
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[orilliamatters.com - 2/12/21] 'Those who were youths were harmed in a severe and lifelong manner that deserves particular attention,' judge finds Patients who were subjected to “degrading and inhumane” experimental…

International

Canada: Baranyai: How should Ontario’s sex offender registry work?

·November 28, 2020
·3 Comments

[lfpress.com - 11/29/20] Ontario’s sex offender registry has some soul searching to do. Does it exist to punish offenders, or protect communities? And how can the framework for who goes…

International

Canada: Sex-offender provision unconstitutional in not criminally responsible cases: court

·November 20, 2020
·3 Comments

[ca.news.yahoo.com - 11/20/20] OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed that Ontario's sex-offender registry regime violates the constitutional rights of people found not criminally responsible for their actions…

International

Canada: Calls for public sex offender registry in Canada [video]

·November 12, 2019
·5 Comments

[ctvnews.ca - 11/11/19] Why isn't Canada's sex offender registry viewable by the public like in the U.S.? Watch the video

International

Canada: SCC to rule if sex offender registry unfair to mentally ill

·November 1, 2019
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[advocatedaily.com] Sex offenders who have been found not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder (NCRMD), and received an absolute discharge from the Ontario Review Board (ORB), may soon…

International

Canada: Top court to rule if mentally ill must be on sex-offender registry

·September 28, 2019
·2 Comments

[thespec.com - 9/26/19] The federal government is challenging an appeal court decision that found that the registry reinforces a stereotype that those who commit criminal acts while mentally ill never…

International

Canada: Sex-offender registry laws discriminate against mentally ill, court rules

·April 4, 2019
·6 Comments

[theprovince.com - 4/4/19] Parts of federal and Ontario laws requiring sex-offender registration where an accused is granted an absolute discharge after being found not criminally responsible discriminate against the…

International

Canada: Support group helps sex offenders in Saskatoon

·April 29, 2018
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[globalnews.ca 4/28/18] Much like there are support groups for alcoholics or drug abusers, one in Saskatoon is helping sex offenders. Meaghan Craig looks at its importance. As first reported by…

General News International

How Sex Offender Registries Can Result in Vigilante Murder

·March 29, 2018
·12 Comments

Some Canadian conservatives are pushing for more public sex offender registries. But there is a history of deadly violence associated with them. Full Article

International

Canada: Law requiring lifetime sex-offender registration upheld, Appeal Court rules

·March 23, 2018
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Forcing repeat sex offenders to go on a national registry for life under provisions enacted by the former Conservative government is constitutional, Ontario's top court has ruled. Full Article

International

Canada: Calgary man suing police, feds for demanding fingerprints because of his birth date is same as a sex offender

·March 11, 2018
·4 Comments

[calgaryherald.com] A Calgary man says he was forced to provide his fingerprints or give up a 12-year career of coaching youth hockey, all because he shares the same date of…

International National

Canada: Court blocks extradition of Nova Scotia man accused of sex crimes in U.S.

·July 18, 2017
·12 Comments

Nova Scotia's highest court is ordering Canada's justice minister to take another look at her decision to allow the extradition of a Nova Scotia man accused of sex crimes in…

International

Canada: Justin Trudeau accuses Conservatives of crass political games over sex-offender registry demands

·June 9, 2017
·3 Comments

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the safety of children is a priority, but he won’t say whether his government will move ahead with a public registry for high-risk child sex…

International

Canada: Officials advise Goodale to rethink plan of public sex offender database

·June 2, 2017
·13 Comments

Federal officials have advised Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to put the brakes on setting up a publicly accessible database of high-risk child sex offenders. Full Article

International

Canada: Edmonton judge rules national sex offender registry is unconstitutional

·October 27, 2016
·27 Comments

An Edmonton judge has ruled that the national sex offender registry is unconstitutional as it is “over broad and grossly disproportionate” and violates people of their charter rights. In a…

International

Canada: NOT WANTED – The sex offender next door (Part 1)

·September 18, 2016
·12 Comments

Does a convicted and paroled sex offender live in your neighbourhood? While police occasionally issue public warnings about offenders moving into communities, their addresses are not disclosed. In some cases,…

International

Canada: Supreme Court says judges can ban convicted sexual predators from Internet

·July 22, 2016
·14 Comments

OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court took steps Thursday to bring the law up to speed to protect children in the rapidly evolving realm of cyberspace in a ruling allowing judges…

General News International

‘The most viscerally hated group on earth’: Documentary explores how intervention can stop pedophiles

·March 19, 2016
·1 Comment

An unsettling new documentary that features pedophiles advocating for themselves on camera argues that unless we provide these men with preventive therapy and mental-health support, we are failing their victims.…