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Kyla Lee on Info News 420: What you should know about having cannabis in your vehicle in BC

Most people are careful about having booze in their car while they’re driving, but B.C. has cannabis transportation laws that are just as strict.

Kyla Lee is a Vancouver lawyer with some expertise in cannabis law.

“There’s a lot of regulations around cannabis that people aren’t aware of,” Lee told iNFOnews.ca.

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Kyla’s Court on This is VANCOLOUR: Was CFIA’s ‘ostrich cull’ government tyranny?

What really happened during the Edgewood, B.C. ostrich cull, the shocking animal story that made international headlines? What legal power does the government have to seize and destroy animals in this province? This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir sits down with Kyla Lee (Acumen Law) to break down the laws, thresholds, and rights at the centre of this high-profile case.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: What Vancouver and Canada’s budgets signal about their governing parties’ positions

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government delivered its first budget Tuesday, promising “a new era of leadership and a new economic foundation.”

The 406-page document details billions in proposed cuts and investments meant to spur growth and productivity amidst trade uncertainty and a slowing economy.  

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: Cowichan decision igniting bigger conversation on reconciliation and misinformation

Our Soapbox Social panelists, Mo Amir and Kyla Lee, join us to discuss the aftermath of an information session discussing the future of reconcilliation and property ownership in our province after the landmark Cowichan decision.Share Show 

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CBA National: The sisterhood of ‘gender sellouts’

There aren’t many women criminal defence lawyers in Canada who specialize in impaired driving cases, but Kyla Lee of Acumen Law in Vancouver is one of them.

Working in a male-dominated field means she faces criticism that her male colleagues don’t seem to. 

“It’s so much easier for people to attack us for defending people facing these offences, because you can call us ‘scum’ who put killers back on the road,” Lee, the past chair of the CBA’s criminal justice section, told the Verdicts and Voices podcast recently. 

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Global News: B.C. government quietly changing legislation at centre of ICBC, MSP lawsuit

The B.C. government is quietly changing legislation that is at the centre of a class action lawsuit making its way through the courts.

The suit, filed in 2020, alleges that the province is illegally using ICBC to tax people for health-care costs by essentially double-dipping on MSP premiums.

The suit says the practice has cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars and driven up insurance costs for decades.

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Kyla Lee in The CBA National: Supreme Court of Canada clarifies Good Samaritan law

While the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (GSDOA) ensures immunity from charges for simple drug possession during an overdose, the Supreme Court of Canada says that protection must also extend to arrests.

That’s the finding of a 6-3 decision, which also determined that the search conducted after the arrest in the case before the court was unlawful.

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Kyla Lee on CBC’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko: Soapbox Social: John Rustad’s leadership under question again

On the Coast’s Soapbox Social panelists Mo Amir and Kyla Lee weigh in on the growing unrest in the B.C. Conservative Party and the future of its leader, John Rustad.

“I think it was quite shocking. I think it shows a lot of the discord that we’ve been hearing rumblings about within the party and in particular the criticism of John Rustad as leader. But it also feels like we’ve seen this play before. I feel like this is very similar to what happened with Kevin Falcon beforehand. People leaving the party, criticisms of his leadership… It just seems like the rightwing politicians can’t get their act together no matter what party they’re in…”

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