Alec Baldwin Charge, Undervalued Housing Act, NS Cases, including Tweedy Appeal & Sanderson Retrial

There were some interesting cases out of Nova Scotia this week, including the Crown's successful appeal of Colin Tweedy's acquittal on the death of 10 year old Talia Forrest, and the retrial of Dal Med student William Sanderson for the murder of fellow student Taylor Samson. There is a new Federal tax in place, which seem to be encroaching on Provincial jurisdiction. The Underused Housing Act targets residential properties that are owned by non-citizens or non-residents, and imposes an annual tax of 1% of the value. The big story of the week internationally is the announcement that Alec Baldwin would be arrested for involuntary manslaughter (the equivalent of Criminal Negligence Causing Death in the Canadian Criminal Code) following the shooting death of the cinematographer on the set of the film 'Rust' in 2021. Baldwin had a gun that was to be a prop in the film. The charges should not have been laid against Baldwin, and this seems to be an effort by the District Attorney to get her 15 minutes.