Episode 35: Is it OK to force drug addicts into treatment?

Not Reserving Judgment

On Episode 35, Josh and Joanna discuss the possible merits and demerits of a proposed mandatory drug treatment law in New Brunswick and the pro-Hamas protests roiling U.S. college campuses and Canadian cities. Plus, they give their Bad Legal Takes of the Week.

Stories and cases discussed in this week's episode:

• Higgs won't rule out notwithstanding clause for addiction treatment bill
• Bill on forced addiction treatment will include evaluation process, minister says
• Ford government says Highway 413 construction could begin next year
• Ottawa ‘plainly overstepped’ with environmental assessment law, Supreme Court rules
• Keri Froc's submission for CBA on proposed Compassionate Care Act
• LILLEY: In Milton's byelection Gaza is dominating, not local issues
• Unpacking involuntary interventions for people who use drugs
• Foreign landlord fails to pay taxes, CRA goes after tenant
• Joanna Baron: It’s time to stop giving the pro-Palestine protestors the benefit of the doubt
• Mobs of people that want me dead': Columbia University moves classes online amid massive anti-Israel protests
• Matt Gurney: Freeland knows better than this. Or at least, she used to

Not Reserving Judgment is a podcast about Canadian constitutional law hosted by Josh Dehaas, Joanna Baron, and Christine Van Geyn.

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