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Kidnapping is a continuing offence encompassing confinement, making late participants liable as parties.
In a criminal appeal, the Court considered whether kidnapping under the Criminal Code is a continuing offence that includes the victim’s ongoing confinement after the initial taking.
The Court held that kidnapping continues in fact until the victim is freed and that a person who knowingly joins the confinement phase can be liable as a party under s. 21(1).
Applying those principles to the trial findings, the Court upheld the substituted kidnapping conviction.
Pay equity complaints adjourned sine die on consent following settlement between the parties.
The applicant groups of employees and the respondent Crown reached a settlement regarding pay equity complaints.
The parties jointly requested an adjournment of the proceedings.
The Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal adjourned the matters sine die on consent, noting they would be terminated in one year unless brought on for hearing.
