Nov.9, 2015 Globe and Mail – Editorial (Nov. 8, 2015) Solitary confinement needs to go, and it shouldn’t take lawsuits to do it The editorial is speaking about the use of solitary in closed youth facilities and advocating for an end to the … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
Minimums…
November 8, 2015 by
Nov. 9, 2015 CTV News - Michelle Zilio Liberals will review controversial mandatory minimums: justice minister While newly appointed Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is saying the new government will look at the mandatory minimums that … [Read more...]
“Just nastiness” – to be corrected
November 6, 2015 by
Nov. 6, 2015 CBC News Liberal justice: Experts expect less punitive, more principled approach to crime - Legalizing pot, repealing parts of anti-terror law and reviewing sentencing regime on agenda There is lots of speculation about what … [Read more...]
Doctor assisted suicide…
November 4, 2015 by
Nov. 5, 2015 Toronto Star – Canadian Press Palliative care centre in Quebec to offer doctor-assisted suicide February past the Supreme Court gave the then Harper government one year to propose an alternative to the present ban on doctor … [Read more...]
Hard truths…
November 3, 2015 by
Nov. 3, 2015 Globe and Mail – Gloria Galloway Residential school documents to be publicly available for first time National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is making the documents accumulated during the investigations on the … [Read more...]
C-51 overhaul…
November 2, 2015 by
Nov. 3, 2015 National Newswatch – Canadian Press: Jim Bronskill Trudeau faces demands to reverse an array of Harper-era security policies Besides the focus on the new cabinet, Trudeau is getting some pressure around the ‘problematic … [Read more...]
Nurse violence…
November 1, 2015 by
Nov. 1, 2015 Toronto Star – Robert Cribb Workplace violence makes nursing one of Canada’s most dangerous professions Nurses are probably engaged in the country’s most dangerous profession because of the nature and extent of workplace … [Read more...]