Benjamin Perrin

Judges cannot be overly swayed by victim impact statements: legal experts

The Canadian Press spoke to Benjamin Perrin, a law professor at UBC, in an article about victim impact statements in court. “There’s a lot of caution that needs to be taken […]

Feb 1, 2019

Politicians can’t interfere with where and how Tori Stafford’s killer serves her time

The Globe and Mail published an op-ed written by Benjamin Perrin, a professor at UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law. He discussed the case of Terri-Lynne McClintic, who is […]

Oct 5, 2018

Doug Ford needs a lesson in how democracies avoid authoritarianism

Benjamin Perrin, a professor at UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law, wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post about Doug Ford and the “notwithstanding clause.” The Ontario Premier’s government […]

Sep 21, 2018

Ford’s use of notwithstanding clause

Two professors from the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC were interviewed by various media outlets about Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s unprecedented use of the controversial “notwithstanding clause” […]

Sep 13, 2018

Benjamin Perrin: Sweden's fix: Jail the johns

If there’s any positive side effect of the Ontario decision, it might prompt Parliament to consider adopting the Swedish model, as the standing committee on the status of women recommended in 2007. Canada should commit to abolishing sexual exploitation.

Oct 1, 2010