Caryma Sa'd
Caryma Sa'd | |||
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| Born | 1980 | ||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||
| Citizenship | Canada | ||
| Education | Law | ||
| Alma mater | University of Ottawa | ||
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Caryma Sa'd is a Toronto lawyer[1][2], activist,[3] and cartoonist,[1] who documents events at COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests in Canada|anti-COVID-19-lockdown protests in Canada.[4]
Early Life
Sa'd was born 1980 to an Indian mother and a Palestinian father, and grew up in Mississauga, Ontario.[1] She studied law at University of Ottawa.[1][2]
Career
Legal work
After articling in a Bay Street law firm, Sa'd now runs her own practice that specialises in criminal, housing, and Cannabis laws of Canada by province or territory|cannabis law.[1][5][6]
She serves on the board of directors of Legal Line and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.[1]
In 2019 she ran to be on the board of directors at the Law Society of Ontario.[7][8]
In 2019, she represented tenants displaced by a fatal fire from 235 Gosford Boulevard apartment block in Toronto. She organised an open letter to Mayor of Toronto|Toronto Mayor John Tory, requesting him to block reoccupation of the building until air quality issues were addressed.[9][10]
In 2019, she described Ontario's lottery system of providing Cannabis in Ontario|retail cannabis licenses as "unfair" because it excluded potential licensees based on luck, not experience or relevant skills.[11]
In 2021, she campaigned for the rights of small cannabis businesses, criticising Meta Platforms|Facebook and Instagram for blocking their posts, despite the legality of selling cannabis in Canada.[12]
In 2021, she represented tenants who rented illegal apartments from Toronto landlord Brad Lamb, pushing for financial compensation for those evicted [13] and persuaded a judge to give more time to two tenants whose rent was delayed due to hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]
As a cartoonist and comedian
She has published cartoons that are critical of corporations, public figures, and politicians including:
- Toronto Mayor John Tory;
- Julian Fantino, the police commissioner and politicians who opened a medical cannabis business after previously comparing cannabis weed with legalising murder;
- Raf Souccar, a police officer who switched from prosecuting cannabis cases to being involved in a cannabis business;
- law firm Gowling WLG; and
- Doug Ford.[1]
Sa'd co-founded 420 Cannabis Court, an outdoor comedy venue.[1]
Activism
Sa'd documents and publishes footage of anti-vaccination and COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests in Canada|anti-COVID-19-lockdown protests.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Leck, Sebastian (2021-03-30). "How this young lawyer works to tackle Toronto's eviction crisis". Canada's National Observer. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lawyer seeks out accused in hostage-taking". The Toronto Star. 2017-07-25. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ↑ Sager, Nathan (2021-10-29). "Hamilton city bus employees given procedure for handling anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers". Insauga. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jane Gerster and Greg Ross (Aug 31, 2012). "Ontario NDP pushes for safety zones as anti-vaccine protests continue to plague restaurants". CBC.
- ↑ Macnab, Aiden (19 Nov 2020). "Legal clinics across Ontario decry access-to-justice barriers at Landlord and Tenant Board Hearings". Law Times News. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Cain, Patrick (2021-03-10). "Fewer than 400 people pardoned under new system for erasing old weed convictions". CTV News. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Law society bencher candidates include cannabis specialist". lfpress. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ↑ Amanda, Joerome (February 25, 2019). "Diversity needed some bencher candidates say, as debate over statement of principles continues". The Lawyers Daily. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Sasitharan, Kirthana (Dec 28, 2019). "These Gosford fire residents aren't satisfied with air quality, safety measures of building". CBC.
- ↑ "Tenants demand answers from landlord in wake of fatal North York fire". CBC. Dec 7, 2019.
- ↑ Somos, Christy (2019-07-29). "Illegal dispensaries stay open because Ontario's lottery system 'unfair': cannabis lawyer". CTVNews. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Evans, Pete (Feb 3, 2021). "Canadian cannabis stocks pop on U.S. legalization push and GameStop-style short squeeze". CBC.
- ↑ McKeen, Alex (2021-03-15). "'I never want to displace anyone.' Landlord offers reimbursement for tenants evacuated from illegal apartments". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ↑ Gibson, Victoria (2021-04-07). "Landlord should have negotiated with tenants' union in rent repayment deal, says Ontario Landlord and Tenant". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
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