Nov 23, 2020 Policy Options – Adeline Iftene Abusive uses of Structured Intervention Units and the Correctional Service’s conduct mean Parliament must get rid of SIUs or adopt Senate amendments. The link provides a summary of the controversy … [Read more...]
Big data, big brother…
January 3, 2018 by
Jan 3, 2018 CBC News – Brett Ruskin Canadian government to search social media using artificial intelligence to predict suicides - Feds to hire company with patented method to identify online trends and predict real-life events This latest … [Read more...]
25 cent call?
April 7, 2017 by
April 7, 2017 Chronicle Herald (Halifax) Nova Scotia prisoners start online petition against ‘excessive’ prison call charges Prisoners of North East Nova is the name of a group of provincial inmates in Nova Scotia trying the do something about … [Read more...]
Military justice…
April 4, 2017 by
April 4, 2017 Ottawa Citizen – David Pugliese New book calls for reform of outdated Canadian military justice system Behind the Times is the name of new book by two well-known military commentators, retired Judge Gilles Létourneau and Professor … [Read more...]
Oversight…
April 14, 2016 by
April 14, 2016 Hill Times-on-line – Peter Mazereeuw Goodale keeping options open for CBSA oversight Oversight is the operative word since two detainees have died in CBSA custody within a week of each other. (The same issue is still following … [Read more...]
Parliamentary oversight…
May 19, 2015 by
May 19, 2015 Toronto Star: Grant Mitchell, Roméo Dallaire and Hugh Segal Canada’s national security agencies need parliamentary oversight - In this era of enormous complexity and ambiguity, the need for oversight on intelligence agencies … [Read more...]
Watchdogs…
May 3, 2015 by
May 3, 2015 National Newswatch – Jim Bronskill Retired judge and former national security adviser named to spy watchdog As Deborah Grey leaves the chair, the Prime Minister’s Office has announced the appointment of Pierre Blais, a former … [Read more...]