As public safety concerns grow, some women are choosing to carry prohibited items like bear spray for personal protection. This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir asks criminal defence lawyer Kyla Lee how quickly self-protection can turn into criminal liability. What does Canadian law actually allow when it comes to self-defence, and what could happen if you’re caught?
…Independent B.C. MLA Tara Armstrong and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) are calling on Ottawa to deny U.S. live streamer Hasan Piker entry into Canada — despite him having no criminal record. Politics, free speech, and Canada’s visa and entry rules collide: Can Canada legally block entry of a U.S. citizen based on what they’ve said online? This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir is joined by lawyer Kyla Lee to break down Canada’s visa laws, who actually has the authority to deny entry, what qualifies someone as a “terrorist” under Canadian law, and whether blocking Hasan Piker would withstand legal scrutiny.
…This is VANCOLOUR: Kyla’s Court – Can Canada block Hasan Piker from entering the country?Read More »
This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir sits down with Acumen Law’s Kyla Lee break down the connection of cannabis legalization and impaired driving. Cannabis has been legal since 2018, are more people driving impaired?
“The most recent, most comprehensive study looking at what happened after cannabis legalization, found that there was actually a decrease overall in impaired driving. There was no increase in cannabis impaired driving and alcohol impaired driving has actually been on the decrease since legalization”
“They (opponents of drug liberalization) created this horrible bogeyman and made really, really strict impaired driving laws when really they should have just waited for it to play out because actually cannabis legalization seems to be good overall”
Kyla’s Court: Are more stoners getting behind the wheel? Read More »
This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir sits down with Acumen Law’s Kyla Lee to discuss the legal status of magic mushroom (psilocybin) dispensaries throughout the City of Vancouver.
“It’s a weird situation be cause cannabis is legal. We think about plants and that being legal. And then hard drugs are decriminalized but you have these ones in the middle that don’t have generally speaking addictive properties that don’t have the same crime culture associated to them… but those are still illegal and not decriminalized.”
…Kyla’s Court: Are magic mushrooms legal in Vancouver?Read More »
Kyla’s Court: Are magic mushrooms legal in Vancouver? Read More »
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