Quarry Park Law presented at Calgary HempFest last weekend discussing Bill C-45/C-46 and some of the legal nuances surrounding the proposed legislation the weekend before Alberta announced its proposed provincial cannabis framework. The presentation by QPL lawyers Alexander Kooiman and Jonathan Ablett was well attended and generated a number of discussions. Presentation attendees voiced a…
In a live media conference this morning, the Alberta Government has announced its initial framework for the regulation of Cannabis within Alberta. This framework builds off of the federally-announced plan to remove certain possession, distribution, and sale offences from the Criminal Code. Highlights from the Alberta announcement include the following: The minimum age will be…
The federal government is introducing legislation that would limit how long prison inmates can be kept in solitary confinement. Once passed, the bill would impose a time limit for what prison officials call administrative segregation. Administrative segregation is used when there is no reasonable alternative to maintain the safety and security of the institution, staff…
Legal experts say that families looking to become Canadian permanent residents are being unfairly rejected by immigration officials and in some cases the federal government may be breaking the law. The issue involves government’s failure to provide specific cost estimates in “procedural fairness letters” given to people who could be denied due to so-called “medical…
Quarry Park Law will be speaking at Hempfest Cannabis Expo in Calgary on September 30 – October 1, 2017 to present “Cannabis in the Workplace.” The presentation will highlight legal issues around current and proposed changes to cannabis law as it pertains to both employers and employees. How did we get here? The case…