June 17, 2014 Toronto Star - Sara Mojtehedzadeh Ontario's 'eye-popping' shift to low-wage work Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and author of the most recent study of precarious employment has concluded that in the last two decades … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
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June 11, 2015 by
June 12, 2015 (Ed note: In the June 2, 2015 issue of communiqué in an article entitled “Mandela rules” the intro confused the Penal Reform International and the Prison Reform Trust. It was in fact, Penal Reform International, whose chair is … [Read more...]
Silence less than golden…
June 9, 2015 by
June 9, 2015 iPolitics – Elizabeth Thompson MPs new sexual harassment policy still keeps bad behaviour in the dark Canada is closer to becoming one of the first countries in the world to have a policy for sexual harassment between … [Read more...]
Muslim and Canadian…
June 8, 2015 by
June 7, 2015 Toronto Star - Ben Spurr and Noor Javed What it's like to be Muslim in the GTA 450,000 Muslim Canadians now live in Metro Toronto. They want their story heard. In a unique reporting format, the Star has 19 short interviews with … [Read more...]
No!
June 5, 2015 by
June 5, 2015 New York Times – Op Ed Edward Snowden (June 5, 2015) Edward Snowden: The World Says No to Surveillance Snowden is celebrating “the power of an informed public” in what he views as a triumph for democracy when the people themselves … [Read more...]
Prisons and principles
June 4, 2015 by
June 4, 2015 Ottawa Citizen – Mary Campbell History shows we need a good correctional investigator Campbell was part of the hiring committee for the present correctional investigator, Howard Sapers, who has been told without any explanation … [Read more...]
Home grown…
June 3, 2015 by
June 3, 2015 Globe and Mail – Editorial (June 3, 2015) Truth and Reconciliation: Genocide or not, Canada authored this story The editorial invites the reader to play an imaginative game about a knock at the door and the end of family for your … [Read more...]
Cultural genocide…
June 2, 2015 by
June 2, 2015 Ottawa Citizen – Mark Kennedy Atoning for 'cultural genocide': Truth and Reconciliation Commission lays out its blueprint The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has released its report (seven volumes) and an executive summary … [Read more...]
LWOP in limbo…
June 1, 2015 by
June 1, 2015 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Tories' life-without-parole bill in limbo Government House Leader Peter Van Loan is telling media that Bill C-53, the bill that increases the sentencing for certain types of murder, also known as the … [Read more...]