Criminal code

Elon Musk is mad he’s been ordered to remove Sydney church stabbing videos from X. He’d be more furious if he saw our other laws

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has ordered social media platform “X” (formerly known as Twitter) to remove graphic videos of the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney last week from the site.

Key Points: 
  • Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has ordered social media platform “X” (formerly known as Twitter) to remove graphic videos of the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney last week from the site.
  • In response to this order, X’s owner, Elon Musk, has branded the commissioner the “Australian censorship commissar”.
  • Read more:
    Why is the Sydney church stabbing an act of terrorism, but the Bondi tragedy isn't?

Prompt political fallout

  • Labor minister Tanya Plibersek referred to Musk as an “egotistical billionaire”.
  • Of course such damning remarks directed towards a much-maligned website and its equally controversial owner are to be expected.

What do federal laws say?

  • The power she exercised under part nine of that act was to issue a “removal notice”.
  • The removal notice requires a social media platform to take down material that would be refused classification under the Classification Act.
  • While it’s these laws being applied in the case against X, there are other laws that can come into play.
  • It is a variation of this bill, reflecting the substantial range of views on the draft, that now has bipartisan support.

What else could be done?


Perhaps the gruesome images in the Wakeley videos might remind some of the Christchurch massacre. In that attack, Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone (now part of TPG), cut access to sites such as 4Chan, which were disseminating video of the attack. This was without any prompting from either the eSafety Commissioner or from law enforcement agencies.

  • She would need to be satisfied the material depicts abhorrent violent conduct and be satisfied the availability of the material online is likely to cause significant harm to the Australian community.
  • This means the commissioner could give a blocking notice to telcos which would have to block X for as long as the abhorrent material is available on the X platform.
  • This would be a breach of the terrorism prohibitions under the federal Criminal Code.


Rob Nicholls receives funding from the Australian Research Council for the International Digital Policy Observatory.

Westray Law 20th anniversary: ‘A historic failure’

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Friday, March 29, 2024
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“The overwhelming majority of these workplace fatalities and injuries were preventable, yet the Westray Law has rarely been used to prosecute employers and hold them criminally accountable.

Key Points: 
  • “The overwhelming majority of these workplace fatalities and injuries were preventable, yet the Westray Law has rarely been used to prosecute employers and hold them criminally accountable.
  • The Westray Law was named in memory of 26 coal miners who were killed in the Westray Mine explosion in Nova Scotia in 1992.
  • “The Westray Law was a historic achievement that promised greater corporate accountability for workplace safety and greater protection for workers,” says Allen Martin, whose brother Glenn, 35, was one of the miners killed in the Westray Mine explosion.
  • On the Westray Law’s 20th anniversary, the USW, supported by the CLC and other labour federations, is ramping up the campaign to pressure governments to take action to address the failure to enforce the law.

MADD Canada Supports Administrative Sanctions at .05% -.08% BAC in Quebec

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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OAKVILLE, Ontario, March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MADD Canada believes strong administrative sanctions in the .05% to .08% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) range are important to reduce impaired driving deaths and injuries.

Key Points: 
  • OAKVILLE, Ontario, March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MADD Canada believes strong administrative sanctions in the .05% to .08% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) range are important to reduce impaired driving deaths and injuries.
  • All provinces in Canada, except Quebec, have administrative licence suspensions at the .05% to .08% BAC level, which has enhanced road safety.
  • MADD Canada’s National President, Tanya Hansen Pratt, knows all too well the real cost of impaired driving.
  • Surveys have shown that the majority of Quebecers support sanctions at the .05% BAC level to reduce impaired driving and related crashes and injuries.

CBSA firearms investigation leads to prison time for Keswick man

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 3, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to keeping prohibited firearms and firearms parts from entering Canada and ensuring anyone who breaks Canada's laws is held accountable.

Key Points: 
  • MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 3, 2024 /CNW/ - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to keeping prohibited firearms and firearms parts from entering Canada and ensuring anyone who breaks Canada's laws is held accountable.
  • On March 15, Michael Vukmanovic of Keswick, Ontario was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to 16 charges under the Criminal Code for firearms manufacturing and possession.
  • This sentence is the result of an investigation led by the CBSA's Intelligence and Investigations Operations Divisions in Toronto following a firearm seizure in Southern Ontario.
  • The CBSA launched its investigation in January 2022 when Border Services Officers in Windsor, Ontario intercepted firearm parts in courier parcels destined for Vukmanovic's residence in Keswick.

ASC issues public interest orders in response to criminal fraud conviction against Nickolas Donovan Ellis

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Ellis was also convicted of three counts of trafficking in forged documents and three counts of identity fraud and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Key Points: 
  • Ellis was also convicted of three counts of trafficking in forged documents and three counts of identity fraud and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
  • The remaining two fraud convictions stem from bridge financing for a construction project and a business acquisition scheme.
  • An ASC panel found that Ellis' fraud convictions arose from a course of conduct related to securities and that it was in the public interest to issue an order against him under the Securities Act (Alberta).
  • As a member of the Canadian Securities Administrators, the ASC works to improve, coordinate and harmonize the regulation of Canada's capital markets.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - MARINELAND MUST BE SHUT DOWN

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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That is horrifying and the Government of Ontario must step in to act," said World Animal Protection Campaign Director Melissa Matlow.

Key Points: 
  • That is horrifying and the Government of Ontario must step in to act," said World Animal Protection Campaign Director Melissa Matlow.
  • "Marineland has lost the trust of the public and has no business caring for animals."
  • Most recently, Marineland was found guilty under Ontario's animal welfare legislation for failing to comply with an order related to the care of three young black bears.
  • "Enough is enough - Marineland is the prime example of Ontario's broken system of regulations of animal attractions," added Matlow.

Enforcement notification - Tax evasion - Fugitive Brampton tax preparer caught and jailed for $34 million fraudulent charitable donation scheme

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Friday, March 22, 2024
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Bayden was a partner in a tax preparation business known as E & F Tax Associates or as Bankay Financial Services Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, and later in Brampton.

Key Points: 
  • Bayden was a partner in a tax preparation business known as E & F Tax Associates or as Bankay Financial Services Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, and later in Brampton.
  • Bayden then provided his clients with false charitable donation receipts in the names of various charitable organizations to which he was connected.
  • Bayden charged his clients approximately 10% of the face value of the false charitable donation amounts that were claimed.
  • The CRA has set up a free subscription service to help Canadians stay current on the CRA's enforcement efforts.

Bell installs aerial alarms on its network to help fight copper theft, resulting in local arrests

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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Earlier this year, Bell started installing aerial alarms across its network, with plans to expand deployment to more locations.

Key Points: 
  • Earlier this year, Bell started installing aerial alarms across its network, with plans to expand deployment to more locations.
  • On February 26, 2024, an aerial alarm in Fredericton, New Brunswick successfully notified the local RCMP of a cable cut.
  • We're enhancing the security measures to our network – including the installation of aerial alarms – to better protect our critical infrastructure from vandals and hold them to account.
  • Bell is calling on provincial and federal governments to help communications providers improve the resiliency of Canada's telecommunications networks.

Government of Canada introduces legislation to combat harmful content online, including the sexual exploitation of children

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Monday, February 26, 2024
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The Bill would create stronger online protection for children and better safeguard everyone in Canada from online hate and other types of harmful content.

Key Points: 
  • The Bill would create stronger online protection for children and better safeguard everyone in Canada from online hate and other types of harmful content.
  • Government of Canada introduces legislation to combat harmful content online, including the sexual exploitation of children.
  • The Bill would create stronger online protections for children and better safeguard everyone in Canada from online hate and other types of harmful content.
  • They could also include design features to limit children's exposure to harmful content, including explicit adult content, cyberbullying content and content that incites self-harm.

Government of Canada announces federal support for auto theft investigations and stolen vehicle recovery

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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Modernizing the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to ensure they consider technological advancements to deter and prevent auto theft.

Key Points: 
  • Modernizing the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to ensure they consider technological advancements to deter and prevent auto theft.
  • As was highlighted at the recent National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft, collaboration is essential to combatting this crime efficiently.
  • Canada has strong laws in place to address auto theft at various stages of the crime.
  • Some stolen vehicles also remain in Canada enabling other crimes to be committed with the vehicles and are destroyed afterwards.