Talk:Capital punishment in Canada

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From what I've read in "Watch the Rope" and in http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Branchaud_(Camille), the correct name is Camille Branchaud, not Blanchard.

Support
Why nothing about support for the death penalty in Canada? I hear its at about 50% —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.223.155.40 (talk) 21:53, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Killing Police
I am no lawyer, but isn't the death penalty legal if one kills a police officer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.140.218 (talk) 15:47, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Not in Canada. Some States, yes, but Canada has no capital punishment at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.61.195.121 (talk) 20:37, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

In my opinion that is complete bull shit, (although many people think differently). The Death Penalty still is in place for high treason this may or may not include police officers. I doubt our PM will be shot (even if he was killed) and the death penalty handed out anytime soon even though it could. Tyb222 (talk) 06:32, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

There no capital punishment for any offense, including high treason, in Canada. For direct reference to high treason see Criminal Code C-46 Section 47 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.183.136.109 (talk) 18:01, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Killing the prime minister wouldn't count for high treason. The only way to get charged with high treason is, killing the queen, attempting to kill the queen, helping an enemy of Canada or waging war with Canada.

Fleeing To Canada and Court Standing
I would like to preface that I abhore the death penalty and believe it is appealing to the worse in people and it costs the government more then life w/o parole and it does not deter crime. But the US has it as a punishment to tell the jurors what to do is  interfering with the law outside of Canada that only encourages murders to go north. The main problem is that can cause people to get less punishment because they are near Canada.74.67.177.37 (talk) 21:47, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

The opening line doesn't appear to be correct beheading was legal in great britain until 1969 and the law was passed in the 1800's and would be assumed by Canada. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.32.157.59 (talk) 06:35, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

1973, not 1969. 2A02:C7F:31CF:6400:CDE3:4267:791:C1C7 (talk) 21:29, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Camille Blanchard
I'm dubious about the existence of the person, or rather, pseudonym. I can find no reliable sources on Google News, Books or Scholar, and the Google Books search gives no hits within the cited Hustak, Alan, "They were hanged". I don't have any access to the rather obscure report Joint Committee on Capital and Corporal Punishment and Lotteries. Can anyone confirm this section? Cusop Dingle (talk) 18:39, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

The name is Camille Branchaud not Blanchard. He is named in an official GoC document (can't find it on google) that I read where he testifies about capital punishment. His major complaint was that many of the people that officiated were drunk. See http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2455&dat=19751101&id=y8kyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=re0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1172,76254

That's correct: Camille Branchaud. Googling "Camille Branchaud PDF" will yield a reference to a doctoral dissertation where he is mentioned, and to http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/spac-pspc/PF1-5-1955-6.pdf which is a list of government publications available back in the day, among which (on p. 8) there is "No. 18 Wednesday May 11, 1955. Witness: Mr. Camille Branchaud (nom de plume), Official Executioner".--Kauko56 (talk) 10:47, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Capital punishment before 1749
This article states, "Capital punishment in Canada dates back to 1749." But it appears that it had been imposed quite a bit before that: e.g., Francoise Duverger (1671), Jacques Bertault (1672), Marie Quequejeu (1684). Langrel (talk) 05:27, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

method of execution
An article in the Montreal Gazette refers to a man being sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1797. http://www.montrealgazette.com/American+hanged+treason+example+Canadiens/6533512/story.html While the article ends by saying that he was in the end hanged until dead, and not taken down alive, it does not indicate that this punishment was never heard of.--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 01:09, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

British colony
The article states that Canada became a british colony in 1749, though New-France fell to british troops only in 1759. As I think it is an error, I'm correcting it right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.192.234.104 (talk) 17:47, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Odd lead
It's odd that the lead section of the article does not have any information on when capital punishment ceased to be legal in Canada, but does have a detailed paragraph about a failed attempt to revive capital punishment in the 1980s. The lead should focus on the current state of the law in Canada, including when the law last change to ban capital punishment, and unsuccessful efforts to change the law should be set out in the History section of the article. --209.202.119.246 (talk) 18:22, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

provincial jurisdiction
It would be useful to clarify if executions had been carried out by federal authorities, provincial authorities, or both, or at some other level. May have changed over time. Ian mckenzie (talk) 23:22, 28 January 2021 (UTC)