Category: Canadian laws

Carol Todd Worries Dutch Man Who Harassed Daughter Amanda May Not Serve Sentence

Carol Todd is worried the Dutch man convicted of harassing and extorting her teenage daughter, Amanda, who later died by suicide, may not serve any of the 13-year sentence handed to him by a British Columbia court last month. Todd said she knew at the start of the B.C. Supreme Court trial for Aydin Coban last…


Civil Liberties Group Raises Concerns Over Proposed Criminal Law Under ‘Antisemitism’ Title

The Ontario Civil Liberties Association has written to senators and MPs to express opposition to legislation proposed in the 2022 federal budget to criminalize “Holocaust denial” and promotion of antisemitism, saying it will “damage Canadian democracy” and could lead to criminalization of speech about other significant events. OCLA executive director Joseph Hickey publicized the April…