Legal Research

Reader Questions

By Simon Fodden

Herewith three questions from Slaw readers who, by the sound of things, aren’t lawyers or librarians. If anyone has an answer, he or she might submit it as a comment to this post.

1. Michael: “I noticed from one of your earlier blogs that Ontario passed whistleblowing legislation in 2006, did this receive royal assent?”
2. Mark: “I am a US citizen trying to understand the revision history of Canada’s Criminal Law, Part III (Firearms and other weapons), 89(1) and (2). (http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_II_1::bo-ga:l_III//en?page=3&isPrinting=false#codese:89) It says it was revised 1985 C-46. I’m trying to learn the specific date in 1985 that revision took effect, and what was the text of the law prior to the revision?”
3. Peter: “Lots about the Walter Owen prize, but nothing about Walter Owen, the person. Who is or was he? I’m researching an Owen family that moved into our area in the 1880’s and included a ‘Walter’. I’d like to know if there is a relationship between this person and/or family, so would be interested in knowing what is available in the way of public information.”

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).