In R. v. Katigbak, 2011 SCC 48, the Supreme Court was called on to clarify the nature and scope of the child pornography defence in s.163 of the Criminal Code of Canada, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46 that existed before and after legislative amendment in 2005. Robert Katigbak was found with 628 images and 30 video [...]

In September, I wrote my first post on this site on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the first appearance of the word “internet” in the Court’s jurisprudence. In that post I offered some commentary and analysis on the Court’s engagement with the internet age thus far and how it has impacted its reasoning. [...]