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Bill C-12: Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act
“Canada’s immigration and border systems are undergoing another major shift with the proposal of Bill C-12, officially titled the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act. The bill is part of the federal government’s broader effort to modernize border security, address asylum backlogs, and respond to growing concerns around irregular migration and organized crime.”
Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard University (2023)
“This was a Supreme Court case decision, decided on June 29, 2023, by a 6-3 vote. The court ruled that the admission policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, which considered applicants' race to promote diversity, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
Interpreting Abortion: Ethical Perspectives on Choice and Life
“Abortion is among the most ethically complex and emotionally salient issues in modern moral life. The practice of abortion implicates personal freedom, the moral status of human life, social obligation, religious conviction, medical enterprise, and legal governance.”
Cupriak-Trojan & Trojan v. Wojewoda Mazowiecki
“In October 2025, the Cupriak-Trojan and Trojan v Wojewoda Mazowiecki case, which occurred because a Polish same-sex couple got married in Germany but then had their marriage rejected by Poland, who does not allow same-sex marriage, was a landmark case for the European Union.”
How Drug Criminalization Worsens Addiction
“One aspect that makes the U.S legal system stand out globally is its historically punitive approach to crime and punishment. A major question frequently debated is the United States’ punitive attitude towards crime more harmful than it is beneficially? In the realm of drug offenses, the answer is clear. A study shows that half of people in state prisons had a substance use disorder, but only 1 in 10 received treatment.”
Women’s Rights Under the Taliban Siege
“Within weeks, girls’ schools were closed. Women were barred from leaving their homes without a mahram. Sports were banned. The sheer atrocities of them ordering faces to be covered, even on mannequins in shop windows were not spared. Childhood, for Afghan girls, ended abruptly, replaced with fear, confinement, and a systematic erasure of basic rights.”
Famous Criminals and Drugs
Read about famous criminals such as Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, the “boss of the bosses,” Columbian Drug Lord Pablo Escobar, and Amando Carillo Furntes, the “drug lord.”