Arresting the Innocent
- October 16, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On May 24, 2009, Randy Fleming was carrying a Canadian flag on his way to a counter-protest organized in response to the occupation of Crown land by Six Nations protesters in Caledonia, Ontario. The Ontario Provincial Police planned to keep…
Protecting Journalists and Their Sources
- September 30, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On September 27, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada released the 8-1 ruling in Denis v Cote, 2019 SCC 44 examining the trust relationship between journalists and their confidential sources. If it is a victory for freedom of the press,…
Deepfakes
- September 18, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Deepfake is a technique for the synthesis of a human image based on artificial intelligence. It is used to combine an image onto a source image by a technique called generative adversarial network. Generative algorithms are getting so good that…
Heather Ferg Joins ‘On The Wire’
- September 14, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On January 2, 2014, the inaugural post titled Welcome To: On The Wire described the blog as a forum for opinion about the Charter of Rights and the criminal law with an emphasis on privacy issues. As we approach the…
Cell Phone Border Searches Limited to Contraband
- August 30, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On July 25, 2016, Miguel Cano arrived at the San Ysidro port of entry to the United States from Tijuana, Mexico. He was sent to secondary inspection by officials of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) because of…