Face Recognition Technology
- April 28, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Face recognition technologies use biometrics to map facial features from a photograph or video. The information is then compared with a database of known faces to find a match. The use of these technologies by governments and the private sector…
The Opportunistic Search
- April 14, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On December 11, 2015, Cst Jonathan Brault of the RCMP stopped a motor vehicle driven by Erick Robert Zolmer on Highway 16 east of Jasper, Alberta. “Are you the owner of that vehicle?” the constable asked. Zolmer said it was…
Fentanyl Trafficking in Alberta
- March 30, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid one hundred times more potent than morphine used to treat patients with severe and chronic pain. Side effects include respiratory depression, addiction, coma and death. Fentanyl is a Schedule I drug in Canada under the…
A Contextual Test for Privacy
- March 16, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On February 14, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada released the split 6-3 unanimous ruling in R v Jarvis, 2019 SCC 10 in which a high school teacher had been acquitted of voyeurism for surreptitiously using a pen camera to make…
The Legal Legacy of Marie Colvin
- February 24, 2019
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
It was their last conversation. Lindsey Hilsum is the international editor for Channel 4 News in Britain. Marie Colvin was an American journalist and a foreign correspondent for the British newspaper The Sunday Times. They were on Skype from Baba…