May 2, 2018 CBC News - Cristina Tucciarone, Ferdouse Asefi and Sebastian di Domenico If we truly want to rehabilitate incarcerated youth, we must stop putting them in solitary confinement Advocates have made some inroads into the use of solitary … [Read more...]
Tory legacy…
October 16, 2015 by
Oct. 16, 2015 Toronto Star – Pam Palmater Tories will leave lethal legacy for First Nations - First Nations communities face a series of overlapping crises that Ottawa has ignored for too long. The article is a state of the nation report on … [Read more...]
Our common future…
September 27, 2015 by
Sept 27, 2015 DesmogCanada: Clearing the PR Pollution – David Suzuki It's Time to Talk About a New Vision for the Canadian Economy We argue, says Suzuki, about the economy all the time: jobs, surpluses or deficits, pipelines and so on. … [Read more...]
Aboriginal justice…
August 16, 2015 by
Aug. 16, 2015 The Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy – David Daubney Truth, Reconciliation and Prisons Citing a long standing over-representation of Aboriginals in Canada’s prisons, Daubney recalls the development of criminal justice policy … [Read more...]
UN and Human Rights…
July 8, 2015 by
July 8, 2015 Globe and Mail – Mike Blanchfield, Canadian Press Ottawa poised to defend rights record on aboriginals, terrorism at UN committee An eighteen member panel for the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations is meeting in … [Read more...]
More PAC’$…
June 26, 2015 by
June 26, 2015 National Newswatch – Canadian Press HarperPAC shutting down; donations to be returned Less than a week after announcing the launch of the third party political action strategy, Conservatives on Thursday have announced they are … [Read more...]
Low wage work…
June 17, 2015 by
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...]
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...]