User:Madimacdonald/Criminal law of Canada

Draft
Something that this article is severely lacking is information on Indigenous peoples and the criminal law of Canada. Something that could be added into this article either under the "Sentencing" or "Bail" context is Gladue reports. There is an overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples incarcerated when compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts. In an attempt to remediate this overrepresentation, Gladue reports call for courts to take into consideration the background and systemic factors that would lead an Indigenous person to end up in a position before a judge. Gladue reports should be taken into consideration during pre-sentencing and bail hearings.

Evaluation of Article (Moved over to "Bibliography" from Assignment 2)
The contents of this article are all relevant to the topic of criminal law in Canada. The article does outline the basic components of criminal law as it pertains to Canada. The article is generally written neutrally, however, criminal law in Canada is a very colonial construct and therefore I would argue that it is a hard subject area to be written without bias. This article is written with a very matter-of-fact, and formal tone, which can be very effective but also should be read with caution. I think adding in more statistics and facts would be useful instead of only outlining the basics of each topic under the subject. I also think that there are some areas that are underdeveloped, such as "Young Offenders". Another issue I found with this article is the mention of the 'Controlled Drugs and Substances Act' in the lead but the failure to mention it and explain the act elsewhere in the article. In terms of the information the article does provide, there appears to be a lack in diversity in the sources. The information being presented seems to be from single sources for each topic/content instead of gathering information from multiple sources and compiling information. Finally, the article does not tackle Wikipedia's equity gaps, it has no mention of BIPOC and how they are represented or treated in terms of the criminal law of Canada, an addition of this topic could prove to be beneficial for this article.