https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/canadian-dies-ukraine-medic-1.6716143
They're literally posting pictures of him armed (one where he looks like he's sleeping with his rifle) and then claiming he was a medic.
The law itself is written in typically stupid Canadian fashion where terms are poorly defined, i.e. foreign state is defined but then used as friendly foreign state in the relevant section.
As per the letter of the law, CBC is violating it as well. They're obviously misrepresenting this guy as a medic which may induce others to go be "medics".
"Any person who induces any other person to leave Canada or to go on board any conveyance within Canada under a misrepresentation or false representation of the service in which such person is to be engaged, with the intent or in order that such person may accept or agree to accept any commission or engagement in the armed forces of any foreign state at war with any friendly foreign state, is guilty of an offence."
You've got the wrong section. That's sections 5 (tricking someone into going aboard under false pretense and then putting them into military service with a hostile power when they get there).
You want section 4:
Key language in there is: "engagement in the armed forces of any foreign state at war with any friendly foreign state"
In plain English: It's ok as long as you're not joining the armed forces of Canada's enemies, or the enemies of Canada's allies. Ukraine is Canada's ally, so you're legally ok to join their army.
I meant that section as to CBC misrepresenting the guy as a medic, which may incite other Canadians to also go and be "medics" in Ukraine. Seems like they're mincing their words here for a reason. It's very dishonest.
While I understand the purpose of such a law in a real nation that is unified (Canada is neither of those at this point), this seems like a very illiberal law for current year Canada as it's basically saying that Canadian citizens are obliged to agree with who the Canadian government has declared to be an enemy. The Canadian government had no problem watching Russian-Ukrainians getting killed by their own government from 2014 to present, so I find their moral claims lacking with respect to this conflict.
Regarding who the Canadian government has declared to be an enemy, with the current firearms confiscation, climate change nonsense, mass immigration extremism, and various other agenda items of the federal government, they've literally declared an assortment of Canadian citizens to be their enemy as well, they just haven't resorted to military action (yet) and have kept it within the realm of cowardly lawfare.
Thank you for explaining section 5. I would think that friendly foreign state should be defined instead of being left out like that.