Home for Father’s Day…

June 20, 2021 (Ed note:  Father’s Day may be a good time to pause for a moment to remember the families pained by the incarcerated family members.  Canadian Families Correctional Network works to ease that pain, to cope with the separation, and to … [Read more...]

Families…

May 6, 2021  APTN News - Brielle Morgan ‘Keep families together’: Moving beyond racist notions of neglect in child welfare This new journalist has done an entirely creditable job contracting the practices under welfare and protectionism in the … [Read more...]

Certainties

Nov. 11, 2019 National Newswatch – Glen Pearson It’s Important to Doubt Our Certainties In the aftermath of the federal election, and the general distaste for its headlong rush into thrashing personalities while avoid the issues, Pearson offers us … [Read more...]

‘Irregular’ migration…

May 28, 2018 Global TV News – Monique Scotti ‘We do not appreciate or welcome irregular migration’: Hussen Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has delivered his strongest words yet on the border crossings prompted by the loss of permits in the … [Read more...]

Bail now…

Oct 31, 2017 Ministry of the Attorney General (ON) – Ontario Unveils New Bail Directive to Reduce Pre-Trial Custody -  Province Making the Criminal Justice System Faster and Fairer The Ontario government has just released a new approach to bail … [Read more...]

Alt-right…

Jan 5, 2017 iPolitics – Janice Dickson Leitch campaign manager gloats about spreading false info - Kouvalis says his goal was to ‘make the left go nuts’ Nick Kouvalis laughingly conceded to sharing what he knew to be false information on the funds … [Read more...]

Who owns testimony?

June 19, 2016 Toronto Star – Alex Boutilier Ottawa seeks top court ruling on residential school records Who owns the testimony of those victims of the Indigenous residential schools?   The question is important for the decision of what ultimately … [Read more...]

Justice overhaul…

     Nov. 15, 2015 CBC News - Kathleen Harris and Alison Crawford Trudeau mandates pot legalization, overhaul of Conservative justice reforms Based on the mandate letters for Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Public Safety Minister Ralph … [Read more...]

A chance to live great lives…

    Oct. 18, 2015  Globe and Mail – Naheed Nenshi – Mayor of Calgary Divided, Canada stands to lose what makes it great For those who may need a refreshed sense of what we struggle to achieve and maintain as Canadian values, Nenshi’s reflection … [Read more...]

Peacemaker or warrior…

     July 12, 2015 Toronto Star – Michael Valpy Peacemaker or warrior? Canada faces identity crisis  Valpy recalls Allan Gotlieb’s discussion in the 70’s around the mythology buried in the Canadian identity.  The Danes make good furniture and … [Read more...]