Archives for October 2014

New legislation…

 Oct 14, 2014  CTV News Public safety minister to introduce bill for tracking homegrown terrorists abroad While details are still scarce, Public Safety Minister Stephen Blaney has announced the government’s intent to introduce new legislation … [Read more...]

Thanksgiving imagination…

  Oct. 12, 2014  (Communiqué wishes all our readers a happy Thanksgiving and commends the lead article as a context for our neighbourly reflections.)  Globe and Mail – Joe Friesen Former Governor-General Clarkson says Canada has redefined … [Read more...]

Safe and Timely…

   Oct 11, 2014 Office of the Correctional Investigator – 41st Report to Parliament  - Howard Sapers Overcoming Barriers to Safe and Timely Reintegration  Sapers paints a picture of the challenges around the release and reintegration of … [Read more...]

Warehousing…

  Oct. 9, 2014  Star Phoenix (SK) – Andrea Hill Crowding 'crisis' in Sask. prisons, report says - Study finds focus should be on rehab not lockup  The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has just published a study called Warehousing Prisoners … [Read more...]

Mental health for police…

   Oct 6, 2014  Toronto Star - Manisha Krishnan Toronto police looking to adopt mental health strategy   23 first responders have committed suicide since April.  The wife of one of the suicides, Heidi Rogers, thinks that the announcement that … [Read more...]

Barring the mentally ill…

  Oct. 5, 2014  Ottawa Community News – Blair Edwards Barring treatment for the mentally ill - Prisons are the new institutions for people with mental-health issues say critics of Canada’s penal policies  Farhat Rehman, an Ottawa mother of a … [Read more...]

After jail, then what?

    Oct. 3, 2014  iPolitics – Steve Sullivan Tough talk on crime is cheap — which is why Conservatives like it  After serving over 20 years for a violent sex crime, Raymond Lee Caissie has been arrested and charged with the murder of Surrey, BC’s … [Read more...]

Back to war…

   Oct 2, 2014  CBC News Stephen Harper to announce Canada's combat role in ISIS fight Friday The anticipation of the announcement and the coming debate in the House has reverberations in all sorts of issues.  Canada has 26, not 69 special … [Read more...]

Sisters in Spirit…

  Oct 1, 2014  Globe and Mail - Beverley Jacobs and Alex Neve We can’t wait another decade to end violence against native women  Jacobs was the lead researcher for Amnesty International on the first Stolen Sisters report. Neve is the Secretary … [Read more...]