Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of Alberta Chapter for an engaging discussion on police powers and the Charter with Prof. Steven Penney (Alberta) on Wednesday, November 26th!

Police powers have increasingly become the domain of judges rather than legislators, but has judicial discretion gone too far? Prof. Penney will explore how the Supreme Court of Canada’s reliance on open-ended standards, like “totality of the circumstances,” might undermine legal clarity, predictability, and fairness. He argues instead for a rules-based approach that provides officers with clear guidance, litigants with reliable expectations, and courts with a consistent framework.

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