July 2, 2015 Globe and Mail – Bob Rae Charleston should teach us that terror laws need to be drafted with care Rae argues for care around anti-terrorist bills and thinks the pendulum and the confusion about terrorism and crime has now “swung … [Read more...]
Living tree…
June 24, 2015 by
June 24, 2015 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Another critic of gay marriage ascends to Ontario’s highest court Justice Bradley Miller, after six months and no published decisions on the Superior Court, has been quietly appointed to the Ontario … [Read more...]
Running wild…
April 29, 2015 by
April 29, 2015 iPolitics.com - Andrew Mitrovica Caught in the gears of intelligence running wild C-51, the anti-terrorism bill, has created frightening prospects for the potential of the intelligence community to go astray, especially without … [Read more...]
Islamophobia on the rise…
March 26, 2015 by
Mar 26, 2015 Toronto Star – Allan Woods Islam needs to reform or leave, says Canadian leader of PEGIDA movement PEGIDA (the name is a German acronym for Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West) has arrived in Canada, … [Read more...]
More jail time…
February 13, 2015 by
Feb 13, 2015 National Newswatch – Canadian Press Harper plans to change repeat offender rules Under current law, offenders serving a fixed sentence in Canada’s prison system are eligible after serving two thirds the sentence to serve the … [Read more...]
SCC and policy…
November 28, 2014 by
Nov 28, 2014 Canada.com – Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen Supreme Court named 'policymaker of the year' The MacDonald Institute, a conservative think tank, has named the Supreme Court of Canada the policy maker of the year for its ten rulings … [Read more...]
Security and solutions…
October 29, 2014 by
Oct. 28, 2014 – Globe and Mail – Sean Silcoff Tories to table expanded security bill Guess what? The security agency, CSIS, already has what tools they need according to Conservative MP Deborah Grey who chairs the Security Review … [Read more...]