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...]
“Life means life”
August 19, 2015 by
Aug 19, 2015 Canadian Press Harper says he’ll resurrect ‘life means life’ legislation One of the bills already promised but allowed to die on the order paper, Stephen Harper has resurrected the “life means life” bill in the election campaign. … [Read more...]
PAC’$…
June 25, 2015 by
June 26, 2015 Toronto Star – Robin V. Sears Rise of Canadian PACs corrodes our democracy - The proliferation of U.S.-style political action committees and the attack ads they fund is hurting Canadian politics. The PAC’s are proliferating and … [Read more...]
Pardon and second chances…
June 18, 2015 by
June 18, 2015 Toronto Star – R. Roy McMurtry and Anthony N. Doob Making pardons tougher to obtain is harsh and unfair McMurtry is a former chief justice of Ontario and Doob is a highly respected professor of criminology at U of T. With … [Read more...]
No!
June 5, 2015 by
June 5, 2015 New York Times – Op Ed Edward Snowden (June 5, 2015) Edward Snowden: The World Says No to Surveillance Snowden is celebrating “the power of an informed public” in what he views as a triumph for democracy when the people themselves … [Read more...]
Housing first…
May 29, 2015 by
May 29, 2015 Globe and Mail – Erin Anderssen Inside the world's best mental-health program to keep homeless people off the street The article follows Jason Platt, a Canadian Mental Health outreach worker, who encounters street people … [Read more...]
One mattress…
May 27, 2015 by
May 27, 2015 CBC News Edmonton inmate stomped to death owed $287 LRT fine - Video of eight-minute attack entered as evidence Monday at fatality inquiry Rather than pay his fine, Barry Stewart choose to spend three days in the Edmonton Remand … [Read more...]
Suicide epidemic…
April 7, 2015 by
April 7, 2015 Toronto Star – Sandro Contenta Nunavut’s youth suicide epidemic — ‘Who is next? How do we stop this?’ There were 45 suicides in Nunavut in 2013. The number dropped in 2014 to 27. Few drew comfort that the number was … [Read more...]
Along came terror…
February 25, 2015 by
Feb 25, 2015 Globe and Mail – Jeffrey Simpson Then along came terror Simpson puts on record the series of events that have justified a jihadist perspective as the background for the current C-51, the anti-terrorist bill and the partisan … [Read more...]