Episode 78: B.C. premier's power grab, nurse DISCIPLINED for speech & hate charges in TO

On Episode 78, we discuss the B.C. premier's apparent power grab (Bill 7); we explain why it was wrong to discipline B.C. nurse Amy Hamm for her off-duty speech about sex; and we tell you about hate crime charges in Toronto. Plus, our thoughts on Mahmoud Khalil's deportation.

Stories and cases discussed in this week's episode:

• CCF to Premier Eby: Reconsider Bill 7’s Brazen Power Grab
• Amy Hamm: I spoke the truth about women's rights. That isn't professional misconduct (National Post)
• B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives v Amy Eileen Hamm (BCCNM)
• Man Charged with Advocating Genocide and 28 other charges in Hate Crime Investigation (Toronto Police)
• Man faces rare charge of advocating genocide against Jewish community, Toronto police say (CBC News)
• In Re George Edwin Gray, 1918 CanLII 533 (SCC), 57 SCR 150 (CanLii)
• The B.C. government’s Bill 7 is an indefensible power grab (Globe and Mail)
• Mahmoud Khalil Is an Easy Call (Reason)

Not Reserving Judgment is a podcast about Canadian constitutional law hosted by Josh Dehaas, Joanna Baron, and Christine Van Geyn.

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