Smart Justice Network A hope for the season: Professor Benjamin Perrin: Law professor at Peter Allard School of Law at UBC and author of Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial “I am encouraged and excited that there already exist … [Read more...]
Oct 25, 2023 – Prison families…
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Oct 25, 2023 – Prison families… Prison Journalism Project (US) - Christopher Monihan, Felicia Sullivan and Victoria Dean Q&A: 8 Incarcerated Parents on Caring for Kids From behind Bars - Raising a child in prison means little … [Read more...]
Oct 16, 2023 – “And humanity’s heart breaks…”
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Oct 16, 2023 – “And humanity’s heart breaks…” Alex Neve, Canadian Human Rights Lawyer and activist, on the Mid-East War: “It is about humanity.” I am not Palestinian, nor Jewish. I have no family in Israel or Gaza, though I have many … [Read more...]
May 27, 2023 – Revolving crimes…
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May 27, 2023 – Revolving crimes… Toronto Star – Jacques Gallant Addiction. Poverty. Mental health. Those are the real challenges facing Ontario’s justice system, retired judge warns - If Ontario took seriously the social issues that … [Read more...]
April 13, 2023 – UN and human rights…
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April 13, 2023 – UN and human rights… Amnesty International – “In March 2023 Chief Na'Moks, a hereditary chief of the Wet'suwet'un nation, met with Francisco Cali Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this … [Read more...]
March 29, 2023 – Human Rights Report
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March 29, 2023 – Human Rights Report Amnesty International (Canada) Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights “2022 saw new, renewed and protracted conflicts that led to appalling tragedies. Some of … [Read more...]
Feb 8, 2023 – Housing a right…
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Feb 8, 2023 – Housing a right… Toronto Star Editorial (Feb 6, 2023) A judge’s ruling focuses attention on the homeless crisis - A court ruling that Waterloo cannot dismantle an encampment may oblige governments to do a better job of … [Read more...]
Outrageous…
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Dec 7, 2022 CBC News Indigenous leaders and advocates in Winnipeg say the MMIWG crisis is a national state of emergency - 'It's become a genocide,' MLA Bernadette Smith says While Canada notes the 33rd anniversary of the 14 murdered women in … [Read more...]
Safe third country…
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Oct 9, 2022 CTV News – Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Canada 'contracts out' obligations to refugee claimants, advocates tell top court The ‘Safe third Country agreement’ is back in the courts and whether anyone ever verifies the accuracy of … [Read more...]
Better neighbours…
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Sept 26, 2022 Governor Jay Inslee (Washington State) How Norwegian prisons prepare inmates to become better neighbors “Much about Norway’s famous prisons stands in contrast to American impressions of incarceration. The opinion of the Norwegian … [Read more...]