June 17, 2022 CBC News (NB) – Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon Civil, family trials to be adjourned because of 'unprecedented' number of jury trials - Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick also plans to suspend small claims appeals for 2022, memos … [Read more...]
What now…
Nov 7, 2020 (Ed note: here are a medley of articles about what is next in politics in the US. The populist undertow is likely not ending but growing and will look for new breathe.) American Civil Liberties Union - Taylor Pendergrass Criminal … [Read more...]
More ‘big brother’…
June 22, 2018 The Guardian (UK) – Justin Ling Revealed: Canada uses massive US anti-terrorist database at borders Tuscan is the latest electronic device used to monitor travellers across the US-Canada border, provided by the US. Tuscan is a … [Read more...]
Stiglitz on TPP…
April 3, 2016 CBC News TPP 'worst trade deal ever,' says Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz - Trans-Pacific Partnership should be revised to advance interests of citizens, not corporations, he says Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph … [Read more...]
Another…
Sept 1, 2015 Vancouver Sun - Ian Mulgrew: Ivan Henry’s lawyer lambastes Crown’s case - Vancouver police, prosecutors used unethical, ‘pathetic’ evidence against wrongfully convicted man Ivan Henry spent 27 years in jail for conviction on … [Read more...]
Refugees and immigrants…
April 18, 2015 OCASI (Ontario Coalition of Agencies Serving Immigrants) 30 Year Anniversary of the Singh Decision In 1985, the Singh decision of the Supreme Court of Canada recognized the rights of refugees to fundamental justice. Debbie … [Read more...]
For the record…
April 15, 2015 Toronto Star Four ways the Supreme Court has battled the Conservatives on crime The failure of federal legislation to meet the test of the Charter of Rights continues. Here, the STAR lists the rejections from the SCC on the … [Read more...]
Discretion wins…
April 14, 2015 CBC News – Canadian Press Supreme Court quashes mandatory sentences for gun crimes - Ontario ruling that struck down mandatory minimum sentences of 3 and 5 years is upheld By a 6-3 margin, the SCC has ruled that minimum … [Read more...]