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  • Macleans

    Women's Prison Riot

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 6, 1995. Partner content is not updated. Shortly after the disturbance, Corrections Canada officials launched their own investigation into the incident. That report, made public last month, concluded that Mary Cassidy, who was warden of the maximum-security prison during the unrest, was justified in calling in the riot squad.

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    Women's Prison Riot Report

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 15, 1996. Partner content is not updated.

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    Workers' Compensation

    Workers' compensation is the name of legislation designed to provide benefits, medical care and rehabilitation services to individuals who suffer workplace injuries or contract occupational diseases. (See also Social Programs in Canada.)

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    World Sikh Organization of Canada

    The World Sikh Organization (WSO) of Canada is a non-profit organization. As an advocate for human rights in Canada, Punjab and around the world, WSO Canada has been involved in several significant court cases. This has helped develop Canadian human rights laws and customs.

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    Canada and the World Trade Organization

    The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only international organization that regulates global trade. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland. Canada is one of its 164 members. The country plays a central role in the WTO and was also a key member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that preceded it. In addition to helping craft the WTO’s dispute resolution systems, Canada is among those countries most directly involved in its trade dispute cases. 

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  • Macleans

    Worldwide Ban on British Beef

    "Be careful, some of 'ems in a nasty mood," warned a police constable to those venturing into Smithfield Market in London last week. The sprawling shed with its grand Victorian lattice has been the centre of Britain's meat trade since the last century.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 8, 1996

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    Wrongful Convictions in Canada

    The unearthing of wrongly convicted offenders has been arguably the dominant legal development in Canada over the past half-century.

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    Wrongful Dismissal

    Wrongful Dismissal, see EMPLOYMENT LAW.

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    WTO Rules Against Canada's Magazine Policy

    Donovan Bailey might not seem the most likely witness on behalf of Canadian culture.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 27, 1997

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  • Macleans

    WTO Seattle Riots

    It was a remarkable, and perhaps prophetic, closing chapter to the millennium.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 13, 1999

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    Young Canada Works

    Young Canada Works (YCW) is a youth employment program established in 1996 and administered by the government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage. The program is part of the government-wide approach to addressing the employment needs of Canada's youth.

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    Young Offers Act Reform

    This week, when Joe Wamback addresses the Commons committee reviewing proposed changes to the Young Offenders Act, he will tell the politicians about the horrific assault that almost killed his son last summer.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on February 28, 2000

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    Youth Criminal Justice Act

    The Youth Criminal Justice Act, which was proclaimed in force on 1 April 2003, replaces the Young Offenders Act. It applies to a young person, or youth, who is or who appears to be 12 years old or older, but who is less than 18 years old and who is alleged to have committed an offence as a youth.

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    Zoning

    Zoning is the term used to describe the control by authority of the use of land, and of the buildings and improvements thereon. Areas of land are divided by appropriate authorities into zones within which various uses are permitted.

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    Zundel Case

    The Zundel case (1992) centred on the constitutional validity of section 181 of the Criminal Code which prohibits the wilful dissemination of false news. Zundel had published a brochure entitled "Did Six Million Really Die?".

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