June 29, 2016 Globe and Mail – Stephanie Levitz Refugee system reform at risk as asylum numbers keep climbing: report The Conservative government in 2013 brought changes to the way Canada received refugees and immigrants. Certain steps of 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...]
Dangerous tactics…
October 26, 2015 by
Oct 26 2015 Ottawa Citizen – Erna Paris Canada is not immune to the most dangerous tactic in politics The article is a timely warning us of a most dangerous political tactic and to be wary of pitting the majority against an immigrant minority … [Read more...]
Mandatory minimums targeted…
September 29, 2015 by
Sept 28, 2015 Global TV News Justin Trudeau might repeal some mandatory minimums if elected Trudeau said Sunday in an interview with Tom Clarke that a Liberal government would tackle both the mandatory minimum and the provisions of C-24 that … [Read more...]
Collateral damages…
September 11, 2015 by
Sept 11, 2015 N.Y. Times (US) – Shaila Dewan The Collateral Victims of Criminal Justice This article started in the context of lesser penalties for corporate crime because the penalty may harm the lives of innocent employees and others … [Read more...]
Conscience…
June 21, 2015 by
June 19, 2015 MacLean’s – Aaron Wherry The House votes for (some vague notion of) freedom! As the house nears the end of its session, this motion #590 may cause us to wonder a little about the power of language to affirm or to cloud an … [Read more...]
49 Rangers…
April 21, 2015 by
April 21, 2015 CBC News – Kristen Everson 49 Canadian Rangers have died since January 2011 Flagged first by a Chaplain to the Northern Rangers serving the Artic Region, the Defense Department has revealed that since January 2011 forty-nine … [Read more...]
Update due…
April 10, 2015 by
April 10, 2015 APTN News - Jorge Barrera RCMP to release ‘update’ report on murdered, missing Indigenous women file in May The RCMP plan to update their last report on the murdered and missing women. They say that 46% of the victims fall … [Read more...]
Pounding the pulpit…
March 27, 2015 by
Mar 27, 2015 Toronto Star – Editorial (March 27, 2015) Flaying the Anti-Terrorism Act: Public support for the Anti-Terrorism Act has plunged dramatically as Canadians learn of the details. Pardon the expressions but the Toronto Star is … [Read more...]