Of all the activities we engage in daily, driving a motor vehicle is perhaps the most common and the most deceptively dangerous. A moment of poor judgment behind the wheel can lead to devastating consequences, not only for public safety but also for the driver’s...
Overview: Canadian Indictable Offences There are three main categories of criminal offences in the Canadian criminal law spectrum. The first types of offences are summary offences, which encompass less serious offences. Indictable offences are the most serious...
Overview: What Are Summary Offenses? The term “summary conviction” is used interchangeably with the term “summary offence”. However, the two have key differences. While a summary offence is a type of crime (a less serious one), a summary conviction refers to the...
Overview: What is a Criminal Offence? The term criminal offence is mistakenly used to mean many things. In Canada, there are two main categories of criminal offences: summary conviction offenses and indictable criminal offences. 1) What Are Summary Convictions?...
Overview Travel restrictions are tightening globally. As the number of undocumented immigrants and/or those with criminal records soars, host countries have been forced to re-examine their immigration policies. At the top of issues with immigration is the number of...
