July 18, 2013 Canada.com – Tobi Cohen, Postmedia News Cabinet shakeup may shift law-and-order agenda into cruise control The analysis of the impact on justice in Canada acknowledges that Peter MacKay in Justice and Steven Blaney in Solicitor … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2013
A cry for justice
July 17, 2013 by
July 17, 2013 Malala's Birthday Wish “Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, fervour and courage was born.” It is customary to make a wish on one's birthday. On her sixteenth birthday, nine months after being shot in the head in an … [Read more...]
Overestimating the facts
July 10, 2013 by
July 10, 2013 Guardian (UK) - Crime, teen pregnancy and job-seekers: what do we overestimate? Advocates for all sorts of causes have noticed a gap, at times considerable, between public perceptions and the best facts for an issue. This survey … [Read more...]
Justices of the Peace
July 9, 2013 by
July 9, 2013 Toronto Star – Guest commentator James Morton One modest proposal for speedier justice Morton is counsel to the Association of Justices of the Peace of Ontario and sees the potential for justices of the peace to have, with a … [Read more...]
Aboriginal Youth
July 8, 2013 by
July 8, 2013 Vancouver Province – Sam Cooper Aboriginal youth who made suicide pact live to see dangers rise in toxic DTES environment A seven minute video about the discovery of a Facebook suicide pact among 30 Aboriginal youths. A commentary … [Read more...]
Hot knives
July 7, 2013 by
July 6, 2013 CBC News Do the knives come out when it's hot? Is there such a thing as 'stabbing weather'? A CBC analysis of four years in Regina is suggesting that July is the hottest month and the most likely month for a stabbing. There are … [Read more...]