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I'm reading an Andrew Coyne piece in which he argues that our self-defense laws in Canada are not that different from other countries and not unreasonable either.

I'm still perturbed by people getting charged and having to go through courts over these cases, but it does seem like there are few actual convictions of a person who defended themselves against a criminal. I did a search and came up with three, but only one of them seems clearly unfair:

• R. v. Pratt (Dakota Pratt Case, Manitoba, 2016 / Sentenced 2019):

The Incident: 21-year-old Vincent Bunn broke into Dakota Pratt’s home at night and stabbed Pratt in the head while he slept. Pratt managed to disarm Bunn. The Conviction: Pratt was initially justified in self-defense, but the judge ruled he became the aggressor by continuing the assault—stabbing Bunn 13 times and kicking him after he was already disarmed. Pratt was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years in prison.

• R. v. Gil (McKenzie Gil Case, Ontario, 2026): The Incident: McKenzie Gil stabbed her ex-boyfriend, Blake Bby, at his Newmarket apartment. The Conviction: Gil claimed self-defense, arguing her ex-boyfriend had a history of violence. The judge rejected the claim, ruling that Gil was not in imminent danger of being killed or assaulted, and that her actions were an act of "jealous rage" and retaliation after being demeaned. Gil was convicted of second-degree murder.

• R. v. Khill (Peter Khill Case, Ontario, 2016–2023): The Incident: Peter Khill woke up to find Jonathan Styres breaking into his pickup truck in the middle of the night and fatally shot him, claiming he thought Styres had a gun (Styres only had a folding knife). The Conviction: Khill was initially acquitted by a jury, but the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new trial because the jury was not properly instructed to weigh Khill's own role in escalating the confrontation under Section 34(2)(c) of the Criminal Code. Following retrials, Khill was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 8 years in prison

Are there more examples? I feel like I heard plenty of stories of someone getting charged after defending themselves (still a problem, of course) but actual convictions seem much less common.

Affordability means average home prices are 3-4x average household income. We are sitting at around 9. There’s multitude of reasons how we got here but the main one in my opinion is we always avoided “market downturns”.
Market downturns are made scary but it’s precisely when transfer of wealth happens from older generations to the younger ones.
In 2008 housing crisis, the values of homes in US fell down and many younger families could get a foot in the door. We avoided that but pumping up foreign investment in our housing, not looking at the sources. The result: housing became an investment business in Canada and question of affordability was pushed aside. Everyone happy we avoided the economic downturn, saving the homeowners their value.
Then take Covid, the lockdown was also mostly for protection of the elderly who were less immune to the devastating COVID complications. But as the businesses were having difficulty operating in this new environment and needed more labor supply, for the first time real wages started to grow. People were doing quiet quitting because they had so much power. Some people were managing multiple online jobs or were negotiating for higher salaries, and the older business people had to pay to the demands of younger workers. Workers had power again. What we did to solve that for the boomers? Mass immigration. Propped up businesses bottom line without actually improving productivity or working conditions or wages. While businesses made more money, our GDP per capita went down.
And now that somewhat slower immigration has made small debts in the housing market, talks of reopening immigration are being heard.
How much are we going to subsidize boomers and shield them from a market crash? I think market crashes are the natural way of bringing affordability to markets that self inflate and the more we make avoiding big crashes our goal, the more we price out younger generations from owning homes and raising families.

Proud to be Canadian

We are writing to share our experience following a severe earthquake while vacationing in Panama, and more specifically to recognize a group of individuals who made the most selfless of sacrifices to ensure that my family (and presumably others) would have a safe roof over our heads the night of the earthquake while discounting their own safety and comfort. From the outset of the quake and ensuing chaos I witnessed individuals from this group at the hotel extending themselves to other families and helping out in any way they could. As we were preparing to leave for the airport for our flight at the time the earthquake struck and were awaiting transport onto our bus, we were luckily some of the first to be evacuated to the local municipal airport and a higher altitude. Once we arrived we were grateful to be on higher ground, away from the ocean as we were aware of the tsunami warnings albeit far from safety as serious aftertremors continued. At the remote municipal airport it was confirmed no flights would be cleared to leave and we were faced with conditions that can only be described as similar in nature to a refugee camp, outside with no food and only some water available in 35+ degrees Celsius (God bless those who face this reality everyday). While there we witnessed the formation of a community where this group of Canadians comprised mainly of Montrealers did everything possible to support one another. We were met with many offers of support, hugs and humanity but this group stood out even at that time as being particularly compassionate. In sharing our story in the following days we also heard from others who shared similar stories of their kindness and concern. I hope Montrealers and others will help me in showing these individuals some love, you should be proud to have these men and women in your community. I want to emphasize that overall every single person who went through this ordeal showed a great deal of Canadian toughness, resilience, kindness, and sheer class under considerable duress but I feel this group deserves public recognition which I hope these words can convey. My wife and I are parents to a beautiful 2 year old daughter and as a father I was at a point of complete helplessness as nightfall came and hopes of being evacuated to a structurally safe hotel away from the ocean dwindled. There was at that time the very real potential of a tsunami given the warning issued immediately following the earthquake. To be clear we were put on the first bus out of airport with other children and seniors but were advised upon arrival that our allocated hotel was next to the ocean. The fear of the tsunami potential outweighed the temptation for a roof over our heads and food in our stomachs after enduring 14 plus hours in the hot sun without food and we made the difficult decision to return to the airport at a higher altitude rather than take that risk (we were advised in the chaos of the moment when we boarded that bus that the hotel was not near the ocean). As the last bus of Canadian evacuees prepared to leave and the possibility of safe haven dwindled we began to reluctantly map out how we would have to put our daughter to sleep in an open suitcase and take turns trying to sleep and protect her from mosquitoes etc in this remote area. It was at the time we were approached by a member of this group who ushered us onto the bus to take their place as they were allocated a hotel in Panama City (since we had initially been offered the haven next to the ocean our priority had been affected and understandably we were not allocated another opportunity). Even knowing this their entire group would not accept no as an answer and we rushed onto the bus while they stayed behind with no resources while they faced the likelihood of remaining at the airport. Our immediate reaction was one of extreme gratitude but the full brunt of their sacrifice weighed heavily and only hit us as we traveled 2 hours by bus to Panama City arriving at 230 in the morning, needless to say our hearts were full in equal parts guilt, gratitude, and concern for their well being. I was beyond happy to be able to locate and contact these individuals and learn that they have since arrived back in Montreal safely and look forward to meeting with them and thanking them in person. I hope this is widely shared and and that the internet will do their thing and make sure that they are recognized. If you are in a position to give them a hug, buy them a drink or a meal, the way they represented Montreal and Canada was formidable. Thank you again and to the families and communities that raised you, you should all be proud. To the people of Panama thank you for your efforts to get us to safety, your hospitality and kindness while you carried on with your duties despite the uncertainty of further quakes and destruction and the concern you surely held for your own families. Our hearts go out to you and we pray for your country and people as you collect the pieces and begin to restore a level of normalcy.

@Maude Chayer

@Mathieu Toma

@Sébastien Jenkins

@Sebastien Boivin

@Maryse Paillé-Bégin

@Sab Paquette-Marceau

Sébastien Mclaughlin

@Marco Quesnel

@Virginie Normand

@Noémie Arès Bruneau