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November 18, 2020
New Anti-Money Laundering Legislation: Why is Alberta so Slow on the Uptake?
Jenine Urquhart* On December 11, 2017, finance ministers from across Canada signed the Agreement to Strengthen Beneficial Ownership Transparency (the “Agreement”).[1] The Agreement acknowledged “the misuse of corporations and other legal entities for tax evasion and other criminal purposes, such as money laundering, corruption and the financing of terrorist activities.”[2] The ministers agreed “in principle” to amend their respective corporate...
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September 14, 2020
The Implications of Using a Standard of Reasonableness versus Correctness: A Case Comment on Pomarenski v. Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association
Danielle R. Nichols* SUMMARY This comment discusses the implications of a remark made by the Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan in Pomarenski v. Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association Professional Conduct Committee, in which a disciplinary decision of the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association was substantively reviewed. This comment also discusses how the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in...
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September 9, 2020
R. v. Rafilovich: A Need for Legislative Amendment
Evan Best* SUMMARY This case comment discusses the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decision in R. v. Rafilovich, a case involving an individual who was arrested with approximately $47,000 worth of cocaine and $42,000 in cash. The cash was seized as being proceeds of crime, but subsequently released back to Rafilovich in order for him to hire counsel. At...
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June 22, 2020
A Nation of Hollow Words: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families
Kylee Wilyman* Summary: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families has been held out by the federal government as ground-breaking legislation, co-developed with Indigenous groups. But “reconciliation is not what you say; it is what you do.” On January 1, 2020, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families[1] came into...
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June 17, 2020
R. v. A.M.: Striking a Balance Between the Protection of the Complainant and the Protection of the Charter Rights of an Accused in Sexual Assault Proceedings
Miranda Wardman* SUMMARY This case commentary discusses the new process for admitting private records in sexual assault proceedings under the Criminal Code as examined in R. v. A.M., a recent decision out of the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, which declared parts of the new Code provisionsinvalid. These new provisions force the courts to balance the protection of a complainant’s private...
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June 8, 2020
Unnecessarily Uncertain: Roberts Properties and the Case for an Official Service Animal Registry
Owen Pennock* Summary In the case of Roberts Properties Inc. v. O.S., the Office of Residential Tenancies interpreted Saskatchewan’s Human Rights legislation and found that a woman’s support animal did not meet the requirements to be considered a “service animal,” and thus receive protection under the Act. As such, she was in breach of her tenancy agreement. The reasoning in...
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