Jan 10, 2022 Toronto Star Editorial Board (Jan 10, 2022) The pardon system perpetuates disadvantage. Ottawa should fix it - ‘By limiting opportunities for employment and education, the cumbersome pardon system is perpetuating disadvantage.’ The … [Read more...]
Play it gently…
January 7, 2022 by
Jan 8, 2022 CBC Radio (The Current) - Implementation will be key to First Nation child welfare agreement, says advocate - Agreement-in-principle will see $40 million going to child welfare reform and those who were harmed by system Here is the … [Read more...]
Home…
August 27, 2021 by
Aug 27, 2021 Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, Blue Door The Future of Men’s Supportive Housing in York Region: An Exploratory Study Blue Door of York Region has partnered with Homeless Hub to research two questions in chronic and episodic … [Read more...]
Statscan crime
July 29, 2021 by
July 29, 2021 Government of Canada – Statistic Canada Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories and Census Metropolitan Areas The report (released July 27, 2021) covers 2016-2020 and is measured on … [Read more...]
Not so subtle racism…
October 7, 2019 by
Oct 7, 2019 Policy Options – Pamela Palmeter Justin Trudeau’s use of blackface shows racism isn’t just institutional, but also individual. Human beings have perpetuated anti-Indigenous racism. Here is a worthy reflection on the problem of racism … [Read more...]
Our better angels…
August 31, 2019 by
Aug 31, 2019 ABC News (US) - Meghan Keneally Man who spent 36 years in prison for stealing $50 from a bakery is now set to be freed History is not a kind teacher nor do lessons from history prompt us strongly enough to recognize and fix blatant … [Read more...]
Civil justice…
September 7, 2017 by
Sept 7, 2017 Globe and Mail - Allison Speigel Why you should care that our civil-justice system is broken Speigel is a commercial litigator who thinks that the current status of civil law – an international ranking of 112 out of 190 countries … [Read more...]
Softly, softly…
May 7, 2015 by
May 7, 2015 (Ed note: please be aware that in the issue of May 5, communique mixed up the initials for a group who sponsor Policy Options from which we drew several stories. The proper initials are IRPP, nor IIRP. The initials stand for the … [Read more...]