Mandatory Minimum
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Liberals to introduce bill repealing mandatory minimums for drug offencesA previous bill the Liberals tabled in February failed to gain parliamentary approval before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kickstarted an election campaign in August.PoliticsDec 6, 2021
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Jagmeet Singh says carding is a form of systemic racism, should be bannedJagmeet Singh says he was detained by police for no reason multiple times when he was younger, and it continued to happen when he was a law student in Toronto.CanadaApr 5, 2018
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Appeal trial begins for Toronto police officer convicted in shooting of Sammy YatimThe officer is asking the appeal court to substitute a not-guilty verdict or order a new trial in his case.CrimeOct 2, 2017
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B.C. judge says no to mandatory minimumA British Columbia Provincial Court judge has ruled that the mandatory minimum sentence for drug trafficking recently introduced by the federal government is a violation of the Charter of Rights and declared it "of no force and effect."Feb 19, 2014
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