June 22, 2023 – Outrageous response

June 22, 2023 – Outrageous response   Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) Stop Barrie City Council Criminalizing Homelessness This approach to a problem reaches the apex of Not-in-my-backyard – go to someone else’s backyard.  … [Read more...]

March 29, 2023 – Human Rights Report

March 29, 2023 – Human Rights Report   Amnesty International (Canada) Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights “2022 saw new, renewed and protracted conflicts that led to appalling tragedies. Some of … [Read more...]

Feb 10, 2023 – Human decency…

Feb 10, 2023 – Human decency…   CP24.com – Joshua Freeman Toronto says no to immediate 24/7 warming centres, but will study the idea further Toronto City Council has taken a double decision against warming centers and against declaring … [Read more...]

More taxes, more cops, no difference…

Jan 19, 2023 CBC News – Metro Morning - Jason d’Souza Mayor John Tory defends new spending on police, 10-cent TTC fare hike on Metro Morning - Tory says many residents, business owners have pushed for bigger police presence in city What Tory is … [Read more...]

RJ cost effective…

Nov 29, 2022 Blogger Russell Webster (UK) – Restorative Justice saves money - Why me? Economic Evaluation of Restorative Justice found that the cost-social benefit of RJ was £14 for every £1 invested The Why me? in the UK has tabled a report on a … [Read more...]

5 C’s…

Sept 23, 2022 Passblue - Laura E. Kirkpatrick ‘You Owe Us’: Youths Tell World Leaders at UN to Get All Kids Back in School Here’s the revised suggested fundamental curriculum for schooling – from reading, writing and arithmetic to “critical … [Read more...]

Easy done?

April 14, 2022 Vancouver Sun – Susan Lazaruk B.C. humanitarian worker fights red tape to get four Ukrainian children to Canada - Immigration Canada's visa application process called difficult to navigate, especially for Ukrainians fleeing war with … [Read more...]

Polarization…

Mar 24, 2022 Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) - 50th anniversary Democracy under threat? Polarization and public policy in Canada - IRPP 50th Anniversary event series: What should be on Canada’s policy radar? IRPP is inviting direct … [Read more...]

Well-being…

July 19, 2021 Public Policy Magazine (Max Bell Institute – Canada)   Amr Soliman Budgeting for well-being This is a critique first published on June 21, 2021 in response to the April federal budget.  But is raises a point that begs an answer for … [Read more...]

Home for Father’s Day…

June 20, 2021 (Ed note:  Father’s Day may be a good time to pause for a moment to remember the families pained by the incarcerated family members.  Canadian Families Correctional Network works to ease that pain, to cope with the separation, and to … [Read more...]