Oct 14, 2022 CTV – (BC) - Lisa Steacy Denying bail to reduce B.C. crime a 'dangerous' proposition: Canadian Civil Liberties Association The bail question has been a major part of the legal system’s reform efforts for some time. Advocates say … [Read more...]
Power and democracy…
September 9, 2022 by
Sept 9, 2022 The Lawyer’s Daily – John L. Hill Myles Sanderson parole decisions The loss of life and the injuries in the Sanderson case has the power to move us to outrage and insistence on the harshest interpretation of legal punishment as a … [Read more...]
Overdose crisis…
July 20, 2022 by
July 21, 2022 Toronto Star – Jacques Gallant Ottawa should fight toxic overdose crisis by giving users safe drugs, advocates say - “Without access to a regulated, safe supply, decriminalization alone doesn’t pose many opportunities to really steam … [Read more...]
No guns, please…
June 2, 2022 by
June 2, 2022 CTV News – Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press National handgun freeze key feature of new firearm-control bill The Trudeau government has introduced new gun control legislation that puts the focus on the importation of handguns, long … [Read more...]
Transparency…
June 7, 2021 by
June 6, 2021 Blogger Michael Spratt – Shocking news that the Ford government and Sylvia Jones, MPP, as of June 4, have disbanded all Community Advisory Boards. Community Advisory Boards are a part of the public surveillance of what happens in … [Read more...]
Hammer looking for nails…
May 13, 2021 by
May 13, 2021 Toronto Star - Gilbert Ngabo Proposed Ontario human trafficking law will be ‘extremely harmful’ to sex workers, advocates say Bill 251, the Combating Human Trafficking Act, will be debated at committee at Queen’s Park starting … [Read more...]
Lessons…
March 16, 2021 by
March 16, 2021 Think Global Health.org – Ted Alcorn How Norway's Prisons Have Weathered a Pandemic - Its famously progressive correctional system is anomalous, but still has lessons for other countries Lots of justice people greatly admire … [Read more...]
Sentences…
March 5, 2021 by
Mar 5, 2021 The Guardian (Manchester, UK) – Kate Allen The government is hell-bent on diluting the Human Rights Act. We must protect it Allen, the director of Amnesty International (UK) is of the opinion that human rights stand between … [Read more...]
House of Hate…
March 3, 2021 by
Mar 3, 2021 MacLean’s – Justin Ling Houses of hate: How Canada's prison system is broken - Dangerous, racist and falling apart. By nearly every metric, the nation's penal system is not just failing, it's making things worse. “In fact, by nearly … [Read more...]