BC Emergency Program Act, a damaged couch, and the SCC on sentencing ranges

This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: More than three days after flooding caused massive damage in BC, the provincial government declared an emergency pursuant to the Emergency Program Act. The emergency declaration lasts for up to 14 days and can be renewed. Pursuant to the authority this affords, the provincial government has restricted travel on damaged highways and has limited consumers to purchasing no more than 30 liters of fuel at a time. The provincial government...