July 7, 2022 Toronto Star – Steve Buist and Rachel Mendleson Unjust invasions happening across Canada as police mislead courts, bungle warrants and violate suspects’ rights - On more than 40 occasions, judges took serious action to correct the … [Read more...]
Tainted record…
June 14, 2022 By
June 14, 2022 Toronto Star – Rachel Mendleson (Star) and Steve Buist (Hamilton Spectator) Toronto police reviewing officers’ conduct in nearly 100 cases following Torstar investigation into Charter violations - One officer was disciplined in … [Read more...]
Remedy…
December 7, 2020 By
Dec 7, 2020 Ottawa Citizen – Gary Dimmock No system in place to inform Ottawa police officers if judge rules they've violated someone's charter rights: court - "How are officers to learn and uphold charter-protected rights without a system in … [Read more...]
Disconnected…
March 31, 2015 By
Mar 31, 2015 CBC News – Kady O’Malley Bill C-51 amendments seem unconnected to committee process - Not one Conservative MP publicly voiced concerns during last week's marathon hearings The changes to C-51 from the clause-by-clause … [Read more...]
The Charter and the Law
January 18, 2013 By
January 18, 2013 Vancouver Sun - Efrat Arbel and Peter Showler New immigrant detention policy tough on asylum seekers In a special report two lawyers and activists - Arbel and Showler co-chair the Advocacy Committee of the Canadian Association … [Read more...]