25 Jul Hypothetical Law and Closing Statement Tasks
first task is Choose to act as a Crown Lawyer (defending the law) or the Critic/Plaintiff. From your point of view, choose TWO parts of the Oakestest (1. Pressing and Substantial, (2) Rational Connection (3) Minimal Impairment (4) Positive or Negative consequences-depending on the side you choose). Write a single paragraph for each, that argues for the position you chose. Please indicate your choices (side and elements of the OakesTest) on your work before submitting.
Helpful hints: Be sure to “stay” in your legal lane depending on the elements you choose. In addition, also be sure to avoid your own personal opinions rather than your legal arguments.
YOUTH HEALTHY FOOD ACT
Purpose: To promote and enforce the healthy consumption of food among the youth.
The Canadian government (again with assent of the provinces) restricts the selling of selling and serving of unhealthy food to those that are 12 years old younger in all public and private businesses:
-An unhealthy serving of food is understood to include one or more of the following criteria:
(1) The single meal/serving exceeds 900 calories
(2) The fat content of said meal/serving exceeds 30% of the calories of the meal/serving.
(3) No more than 50 grams of sugar per serving (daily recommended intake of sugar is 54 grams a day or 12 tsp)
Enforcement: Children 12 years and older will be issued a Federal food pass identification card that will be scanned or checked by the business before their purchase. Failure to have a card will require a business to not to sell the food to the customer.
Punishment: minimum fine $300 to a maximum $10 000 (depending on the number of offences) to the business caught selling unhealthy food to minors.
Assignment two is a mock trial
R v Delaney link
https://ojen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/R-v-Del…
type a closing statement which should be 3-5 minutes long.
Including things like summarising important points
Reviewing your evidence
highlighting key parts that favour your side or undermine the opposition
closing statement example is
