ExKiwilass

Guy was going down the street in Burnaby on his motorized scooter. Old guy. On the back was a sticker saying "SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HELL'S ANGELS CHAPTER XXXX"

I wish i'd got a pic.

Cyan

The Canadian justice system moves so sloooooowwwww.............

I guess BC is one of the best places to commit a crime.

ExKiwilass

It really is right now because of hte shortage of lawyers.

Almost Canadian

I didn't believe such a situation was possible

ExKiwilass

sadly it is (happily?) haha. on the government side.

and judges too. we lack judges.

but seriously...it's really awful because some quite serious cases (incest, etc) have been dismissed due to court delays.

Almost Canadian

We have the same problem in Alberta

ExKiwilass

i'm sorry to hear that.

Souvy

I thought incest was mandatory in Alberta?

dbd33

One here, on Queen East, was seized a few years ago and has been derelict ever since. The neighbours might have prefered the metaphorical rats to the literal ones.

ultrarunner

Hells Angels contract killings a few years ago along the 401 W in Woodstock where bodies were found in a field.

There are a lot of people that like to play the fool by thinking it's only minorities that are gangsters and kill each others, but then you see things like the Columbine shooting and the recent Batman cinema killings. Those weren't minority kids

I'll be more cautious of buddy that can come into the office because he got laid off, or the one that has beef with monorities

Steve_

What I'm always bemused by are people who live in the Seattle area who want to move to Vancouver because they say it is "safer". Seattle being one of the safest cities in the US already.

Now perhaps there is a greater rate of homicide in Seattle (although it is still pretty low), but most homicides are domestic homicides, I think your odds of being randomly shot in a incident like this are pretty much the same in Seattle or Vancouver.

Oink

I had a Chopper when I was younger and I thought I was pretty cool.

dbd33

An acquaintance of mine works in a department of prosecuting people in Vancouver. She asks if you have any references for this as the story there is that outsourcing the prosecutions (!) has resolved the problem.

ExKiwilass

http://www.globaltvbc.com/bc+child+s...128/story.html


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It is a shocking story that was “fumbled” by the justice system, said Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.’s representative for children and families. She raised multiple concerns about the case in a report released Thursday.

“Allowing budgetary considerations to outweigh the plight of the vulnerable children involved in this case is shocking, unacceptable and should never happen again,” says her report, The Impact of Criminal Justice Funding Decisions on Children in British Columbia.



Read it on Global News: Global BC | B.C. child sex abuse trial derailed by translation delay

dbd33

Thanks, I also found this:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...-shortage.html

On edit: I don't think your story supports the idea of a lawyer shortage though, that seems to be about a shortage of translators.