CB Federal Boundary Dispute, Taking Back Confessions, Moving With Children, and Not Enough Judges
This week in The Rodgers Brief, I review the pending dispute in the federal election boundaries in Cape Breton. One MP neglected to speak up when consultations were ongoing, and is now trying to claim that the boundary changes violate the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
In other NS cases, a man was convicted after confessing to a sexual assault and attempting to claim his diabetes may have affected his thinking when he made his confession.
William Sandeson's trial continued this week, with warnings from Justice Chipman for the jury to not be influenced by anything they read in the news. That would include the news reports from the original trial, and also the story this week about the Canada-wide arrest warrant issued for one of the Crown witnesses.
Finally, I review a case out of the NS Supreme Court of a woman who applied to be allowed to move with her four-year old to Ottawa, away from the child's father. Mobility cases can be a challenge, and this one provides some helpful guidance for those considering the same.
I also discuss the shortage of Judges in NS, and some national news stories involving repatriation of ISIS-involved Canadians, the Shaw/Rogers merger appeal decision, and the lack of evidence on allegations that the Alberta Premier interfered with the prosecution of Coutts, Alberta trucker/freedom protestors.
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