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. [...]

Introduction The Supreme Court’s recent decision in R. v. Legare, 2009 SCC 56 finally gives true efficacy to Parliament’s Bill C-22 and the Criminal Code amendment to combat child luring. By denying the defense that there had been no intention to commit the underlying offence and by prosecuting any facilitative behaviour, s. 172.1 fortunately and [...]