Sept 26, 2014 Toronto Star – Carol Goar Parliament finally debates slain aboriginal women - New Democrats force a parliamentary debate on murdered aboriginal women, with revealing results. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq was called on … [Read more...]
Class action violence…
September 22, 2014 by
Sept 22, 2014 Toronto Star – Richard J. Brennan Lawsuit targets ‘unbelievable’ violence at London jail The Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre in London is known in justice circles as “Hell.” London lawyer Kevin Egan has filed a class-action … [Read more...]
Nobodies to pawns…
September 15, 2014 by
Sept. 15, 2014 Globe and Mail – Konrad Yakabuski Bills promote backbenchers from ‘nobodies’ to ‘pawns’ Some 25 of thirty crime bills before the house or already passed are private members bills, tabled by an individual MP rather than a cabinet … [Read more...]
Parole and victims…
September 4, 2014 by
Sept. 4, 2014 Globe and Mail – Editorial (Aug. 31, 2014) Reducing parole is not a crime-reduction strategy The editorial recognizes that the Fairness for Victims Act (Bill C-479) is riddled with problems, many deriving from the lack of legal … [Read more...]
Getting it right…
September 2, 2014 by
Sept 2, 2014 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Fairness for Victims Act faces major constitutional problem There are a number of problems with the bill but the biggest one is likely the constitutionality of making new punishment retroactively apply … [Read more...]
No place at the table…
August 27, 2014 by
Aug 27, 2014 CBC News Analysis Peter MacKay's justice roundtables didn't set a place for sex workers The Justice Minister has been criss-crossing Canada to consult Canadians on justice issues. It appears that the agenda and the list of … [Read more...]
How many more…
August 25, 2014 by
Aug 25, 2014 Globe and Mail - Kathryn Blaze Carlson How many more women will it take, asks family of slain teen Tina Fontaine The story of yet another Aboriginal woman is traced out of a tragic personal history compounded by the senseless … [Read more...]
The politics of pot…
August 23, 2014 by
Aug 23, 2014 National Newswatch – Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press Up in smoke: millions spent destroying pot RCMP and Canada’s military have spent $11 million in the last 8 years on a seek-and-destroy mission for marijuana fields. Liberal … [Read more...]
Cost of justice…
August 20, 2014 by
Aug 20, 2014 Toronto Star - Richard J. Brennan Cost of fire, police unsustainable, AMO president says Russ Powers is the president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. The Ontario government and the Ontario Provincial Police jus … [Read more...]