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Flashback: The Citizen's Arrest & Self-defence Act (Bill C-26)
In 2012, the Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada, Rob Nicholson, brought forward Bill C-26 known as The Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act, which came into force on March 11, 2013 under the Harper administration. The legislation replaced the old Criminal Code provisions on self-defence and defence of property with new and reformed defences for Canadian citizens.
In Meeting 18 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (February 7, 2012), you will also see appearances from Federal Court Justice, Catherine Kane, who happens to be the judge in our current legal case (CCFR v Canada). She was the Director General and Senior General Counsel for the Department of Justice at the time of this video.
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(00:00) Intro
(00:56) Introductions
(01:35) Opening Statement
(12:10) The Purpose of the Bill
(14:40) Mobile vs. Immobile Property
(16:05) Considerations for abuse victims
(17:33) Vigilantism
(19:49) Reasonable Force
(21:24) Lethal Force
(22:25) Charges laid after a home invasion
(24:29) Provocation, intention, & battered women syndrome
(26:01) Size, Age, Gender, & other factors considered
(26:50) New vs. existing criteria
(30:02) Who may conduct a Citizens Arrest
(33:14) When Citizens Arrest is applicable
(36:11) Permitted time period between an offence and arrest
(38:12) Private security firms, merchants, & ordinary citizens
(41:49) Turning over offenders to a peace officer
(44:39) Self-defence using a firearm
(46:39) Tests of reasonableness in Canadian history
(48:29) Are 'Booby traps' considered reasonable?
(50:24) Why require a new list of criteria for courts?
(52:37) Prejudice & 'Criminal profiling'
(55:25) Evasive actions, self-defence & defence of necessity
(58:24) Avoiding false assurances by educating Canadians
(01:00:48) Defence of property vs. Defence of person
(01:06:17) 'The act that constitutes the offence'
(01:08:23) Police utilizing citizens to apprehend suspects
(01:10:48) Use of force when apprehending offenders
(01:11:52) Outro
𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/41-1/JUST/meeting-18/evidence
𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐛 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/rob-nicholson(820)
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌. 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐞:
https://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/en/pages/about-the-court/members-of-the-court/judges/the-honourable-catherine-m-kane
𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/rsddp-rlddp/index.html
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
https://www.cba.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=e4e30c78-c07a-4d89-9d25-75d8a8f81d19
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