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Hey! Lawyer friend! You're a lawyer, right?

Yup, last I checked.

So I was just thinking in the shower the other day and was wondering, strictly hypothetically...

If I invented a murderbot, but kept it hidden away in a locked room, but I knew my roommate was super curious, and he broke into the room and got murdered by the murderbot, would I be criminally responsible for his death?

Absolutely. You can't keep traps in your house - section 247 of the Criminal Code. Also calling it 'murderbot' will not help your case.

Robot: Hey so if I was chopping wood with a friend and we were both being really unsafe about it and I accidentally cut off her head would I be criminally responsible?

LawPal: Probably not, especially if you were both actively being unsafe. But her family could probably sue you in civil court and win.

So let's say my neighbour is a real jerk, so I go ice fishing on the lake I know he likes to skate in and he falls in and freezes to death. He should have been looking out for holes anyways right?

Well Section 263 specifically prohibits you from leaving an ice fishing hole unattended, but that would be negligent homicide or man slaughter, for sure.

... hinge on whether or not his death was foreseeable.
Haha you must have these kinds of conversations with people all the time, right?

No.

No, you are literally the only person who I have these kinds of conversations with.

Oh.

So...are these chats of ours...evidence?

I mean, that's complex, there's issues of hearsay and...look, my official legal advice is: don't kill anyone. Ok?

Right. Right right right right. Got it.