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December 15, 2023

Amendments come into force that modify various parts of the Code concerning firearms.

October 26, 2023

Amendments come into force that change publication ban rules and update SOIRA provisions in light of R v Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38.

June 20, 2023

Amendments come into force that create an authorization scheme to permit the government to deliver property and services to the benefit of terrorist groups.

April 1, 2023

The name of the inferior court of Alberta changes from Provincial Court of Alberta to Alberta Court of Justice. [1]

January 14, 2023

Bill S-4 amending various provisions relating to COVID, including the use of remote proceedings, came into force.

January 1, 2023

The Criminal Law Notebook is among several winners of the 2022 Clawbies!

December 15, 2022

Two new offences relating to trafficking in human organs came into force.

November 17, 2022

Amendments come into force that removes minimum jail sentences for various firearms, weapons and drug trafficking-related offences and expands conditional sentence eligibility to include most previously ineligible offences. It also introduced Part I.1 to the CDSA, which directs police and Crown to consider non-criminal options for all drug possession offences.