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Online ** CALL members only!**
ONLINE ZOOM MEETINGS We are going to explore the historical and social background of some of the intriguing, interesting and important legal cases which have had lasting impact on our society and affect our lives today. We also consider and discuss the legal implications of new developments in the world around us. Each month we will have a presentation about some of these famous and fascinating cases, plus the opportunity to discuss legal current issues. Legal issues and law cases will be based on current events and participants’ interests. Some of our future topics are: • Planes Trains and Automobiles - Law of Transportation • Sentencing in Criminal Law: How Judges decide what is a “fit and proper sentence” for criminal acts. • Land Law - “What you don’t know about being a tenant or being a landlord”.
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Our upcoming topic in April is: THE IMPACT OF BILL C-63 [ THE “ONLINE HARMS BILL” ] ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Bill C-63 the Online Harms Bill proposes to regulate harmful content on the Internet and impose a duty to act responsibly on social media companies. While this proposed legislation will no doubt have an impact on freedom of speech and freedom of expression, there has been a significant amount of misinformation and misunderstanding about what Bill C-63 is about and why we might need it. We will be reviewing the provisions of the Online Harms Bill and discussing its potential impact on freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Bill C-63 is officially titled An Act to enact the Online Harms Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Human Rights Act and An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, 1st Sess, 44th Parl, 2024 (Online Harms Bill). You can read the version tabled for First Reading in Parliament here: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-63/first-reading |
This program is facilitated and presented by Jim Conway, CALL member & retired lawyer. To join the group, or to attend a session you are interested in, please register with the facilitator. Drop–ins are also welcome. |
For more information contact Facilitator If no response: right click, copy email address & send manual email to register. You must be a CALL member to register.
For information on CALL membership visit Membership
| When: | 4th Monday of the month (with exceptions) |
| Time: | 1:00 - 3:00 PM |
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2023: Sep 25, Oct 23, Nov 27, (No meeting in December) |
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2024: Jan 22, Feb 26, Mar 25, Apr 22, May 27, Jun 24 |
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| Where: | Online Zoom meetings. Zoom link will be sent out to registrants via email. |
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100 |
| Facilitator: | Jim Conway, lawyer |
It is not necessary for you to register for this meeting or future meetings if you are on the emailing list for NSCL. Everyone who is on the email list receives an email notice of each meeting with the Zoom link.
** You must be a member of CALL to register
Past Presentations |
2021-2022 Civil Rights--Canadian Law on the Subject of Racism and Discrimination Legal Actions Against the Crown and Governments Can the Law Stop Internet Harassment? The Legal Duty to Provide Necessaries of Life Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Constitutional Protection Against Unreasonable Search and Seizure Is Canada's Parole System Broken? |