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Yes, but Quebec youth also are influenced by Anglo terms, such as the over-frequent use of the saying "yo man, c'est malade!"
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The legal age is 18 in Alberta, 19 in BC.
In BC, the provincial liquor stores are cheaper than independant ones, and operate on something similar to 'Bankers hours', but slightly longer. 9-6 or somewhere in there, closed on Sundays and many holidays.
Independant stores are free to do as they please.
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I think that the legal age to drink (And smoke, for that matter, even though I'm not a smoker and not much of a drinker) should be 18. Why?
You're legally an adult in Canada when you're 18. You can be punished to the full extent of the law, vote, and join the military to go shoot people. But you can't purchase booze or smokes. The raised drinking ages aren't really stopping drinking for those that want to, as it is quite easy to find a bootleg in many places. I even have friends whose parents buy them an 18-pack, or a sixxer without second thoughts. Which, I suppose is understandable. It would be better then not knowing if or what they are drinking.
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In BC, the provincial liquor stores are cheaper than independant ones, and operate on something similar to 'Bankers hours', but slightly longer. 9-6 or somewhere in there, closed on Sundays and many holidays.
Independant stores are free to do as they please.
(Going slightly off topic)
I think that the legal age to drink (And smoke, for that matter, even though I'm not a smoker and not much of a drinker) should be 18. Why?
You're legally an adult in Canada when you're 18. You can be punished to the full extent of the law, vote, and join the military to go shoot people. But you can't purchase booze or smokes. The raised drinking ages aren't really stopping drinking for those that want to, as it is quite easy to find a bootleg in many places. I even have friends whose parents buy them an 18-pack, or a sixxer without second thoughts. Which, I suppose is understandable. It would be better then not knowing if or what they are drinking.
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Maybe they want you to get a year of living as an adult before you wreck yourself. 'ahhh, I had one good year...'
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Chili Pepps the 18th, too!
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- Common Law: judge made law, following the principle of stare decisis; common law aims for the consistent application of principles developed over time. Common law principles are found in judges' written decisions, which are reported in published case reporters, and frequently commented upon by academics, then subsequently used in later decisions by other courts. Note that "lower" courts in a jurisdiction (say, the Ontario Superior Court) must follow the principles set down by "higher" courts such as appeal courts in that jurisdiction (in our example, the Ontario Court of Appeal).
- Civil Code systems: in jurisdictions such as Quebec, the State of Louisiana and continental Europe, the common law system of civil law as we know it in Ontario is not used; instead these jurisdictions have adopted "Civil Codes", which are extremely large statutes covering all areas of interaction between private citizens or parties. These Codes are derived from the so-called "Napoleonic Code".
- The notion of stare decisis - so crucial to common law - is much less important in these jurisdictions where the judges' role is to apply the Code, not so much to interpret or create law.
- The substance of the law enunciated in the Quebec Civil Code, however, is not dissimilar to the common law principles found in Ontario.
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- Civil Code systems: in jurisdictions such as Quebec, the State of Louisiana and continental Europe, the common law system of civil law as we know it in Ontario is not used; instead these jurisdictions have adopted "Civil Codes", which are extremely large statutes covering all areas of interaction between private citizens or parties. These Codes are derived from the so-called "Napoleonic Code".
- The notion of stare decisis - so crucial to common law - is much less important in these jurisdictions where the judges' role is to apply the Code, not so much to interpret or create law.
- The substance of the law enunciated in the Quebec Civil Code, however, is not dissimilar to the common law principles found in Ontario.
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I'd say the opposite, that Civil code covers less. Because everything has to be written down it takes a while for laws to change or new ones to be adopted. In common law, a judge can create law or expand a law to cover an unforeseen area on the spot, then the same principle and punishment will be used by all other judges.
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