Dec 15, 2016 Ottawa Citizen – Marie-Danielle Smith Newly-emboldened Senate threatens to block ‘deeply flawed’ bill to remove gender discrimination from Indian Act Bill S-3 is a senate bill and the third attempt to address the issue of gender … [Read more...]
RJ alive!!!
July 26, 2016 by
July 28, 2016 Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Conference: Jennifer Llewellyn - Schulich School of Law Youtube Channel - A series of 21 videos from the recent International Conference in Nova Scotia, facilitated by Dalhousie and the Schulich … [Read more...]
Ghomeshi – now what?
April 13, 2016 by
April 13, 2016 Policy Options – Blair Crew, Daphne Gilbert, Elizabeth Sheehy The Ghomeshi verdict: This is no time for complacency The commentary calls for follow-up to the Ghomeshi verdict and suggests a number of options available to repair the … [Read more...]
Sapers: End solitary…
March 23, 2016 by
March 9, 2016 Toronto Star – Canadian Press End use of solitary for mentally ill inmates, prison watchdog urges In an annual report to the government, the Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers note some improvement but is calling for three … [Read more...]
Dementia…
December 5, 2015 by
Dec. 1, 2015 Toronto Star – Editorial (Nov. 30, 2015) Canada needs a plan to deal with increase in dementia After a strident reminder that other countries, notably Japan, are dealing better with dementia, the Star is quick to point out the … [Read more...]
Who’s in, who’s out…
October 11, 2015 by
Oct. 9, 2015 CTV News PMO sought political gain in prioritizing certain Syrian refugees: sources Shia and Sunni Muslims need not apply! This startling message comes from the revelation that Stephen Harper is directing the choice of who is … [Read more...]
Drawbacks in C-14…
August 24, 2015 by
Aug. 24, 2015 CBC News (BC) – Jason Proctor Law that gives locations of mentally ill offenders questioned after B.C. man threatened The revelation of the location of a man convicted for murder and released under the not-criminally-responsible … [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...]
15 days max…
February 6, 2015 by
Feb 6, 2015 The Coast (Halifax) – Jacob Boon Five years of solitude -The use of segregation in NS prisons numbers in the thousands. The article looks at the use of solitary in Nova Scotia’s four provincial prisons and records no fewer than … [Read more...]