
Recent decades have seen increasingly permissive attitudes to marijuana throughout North America, and Canada has been no exception. With Canada set to legalize the recreational use of pot across all provinces and territories later this year, many people are looking forward to the day that they can buy, grow, and consume marijuana without worrying about legal liability.

Contrary to popular belief – particularly outside of Canada – Canadian gun control laws do not make it impossible to own a firearm. In fact, they don’t even make it particularly difficult.

The Canadian Government enacted the Youth Criminal Justice Act in 2003 to differentiate crimes committed by children 12 to 17 years old from crimes committed by adults. The law provides alternative methods for the police, the courts, the corrections system, and diversion programs to deal with young people who commit crimes.

If you are facing criminal charges, you might already have come in contact with the prosecutor, or perhaps one of the prosecutor’s assistants. Often, the prosecutor will take a sympathetic approach, claiming that this is all just an unfortunate situation and if we work together we can work it all out.

Canada’s Charter of Rights establishes the fundamentalright to a lawyer when you are arrested. If you are detained or arrested, you have the right to discuss your options with a lawyer without delay.