Re: [OT] Self-defense in Canada

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

I just saw this video about a guy in Toronto who experienced a home
invasion and was only able to reach someone on 911 on the 5th try -
after the invaders had left.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCFiuiX38TI [2 minutes]

The comments under the video, if true, are quite disturbing in some
cases. I was especially troubled about the guy who called 911 and had to
be transferred to 4 other 911 operators (around the province) before he
finally got one that spoke English!!! Silly me, I would have assumed
that fluency in English (and maybe French) was a prerequisite for a 911
operator in this country....

I got to wondering for the umpteenth time about what my rights were with
respect to self-defense. As luck would have it, the algorithm put this,
video by a Canadian lawyer at the top of my suggested videos list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xolys_2hl4 [8 minutes]

Clearly, we do NOT have anything like Stand Your Ground or Castle
Doctrine here!

Stand Your Ground was a limitation on prosecution when lawfully asserted
by the defendant. That's new in a limited number of states. But castle
doctrine is from common law, so Canada should have some version of it.

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