Oct 25, 2021 National Post – Brian Platt O'Toole's campaign chair Walied Soliman wins $500K defamation award against 'alt-right' commentator - Daniel Bordman attacked O'Toole for having Soliman on his leadership team, including in one video … [Read more...]
Costly Talk on social media…
October 25, 2021 by Michael Maher
Filed Under: News Tagged With: books in prison, defamation, LWOP, maternal imprisonment, officer assault, police misconduct, prison age, sentencing, social media
Deaf ears and hard hearts…
June 28, 2021 by Michael Maher
June 28, 2021 Twitter from Barbara Low – The Kamloops and Marieval discoveries have a chance of prompting more determined political and social action. Indigenous people of Canada have long struggled to make their perspective known to the political … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: BLM, corporate conscience, ethnic sentencing, Indigenous perspective, Indigenous reports, judicial discretion, Kendi, mandatory minimums, military, post-racism, probation, prosecutors, social media, white supremecists
Change…
October 13, 2020 by Michael Maher
Oct. 12, 2020 Foundations for Social Change (Vancouver, BC) – The New Leaf Project The Foundation, tied to UBC, has acted on a question on all our minds about homelessness: how does one best help the homeless find housing and food security. We … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: basic income, cash bail, cash transfer, Dakota 38, lifers, new prisons, prison education, re-entry, reparations, social media, solitary, thin-blue line
On finding peace…
November 3, 2019 by Michael Maher
Nov. 3, 2019 Toronto Star – Kim Zarzour How a Markham sex assault survivor found justice — and peace A victim of sexual assault has become the first case to be examined by restorative justice. Marlee Liss of Markham was assaulted three years ago … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: health care, inmate death, legal aid, mass incarceration, prison policy, prison population, RJ, sexual assault, social media, women, women inmates
Social media corruption begun…
July 14, 2019 by Michael Maher
July 14, 2019 CBC News - Emily Haws Ministers, MPs targeted by Facebook Messenger impersonation scam The dreaded social media deceptions have begun. “With only a few months to go until the federal election, at least three federal cabinet … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: border data, carbon emissions, environment, inmate death, marijuana, police unions, private prisons, seniors, social media, solitary, technology
Poor, to still poor…
August 6, 2018 by Michael Maher
Aug 6, 2018 CBC News – Mark Gollam Ford government ditched basic income pilot project before any data landed, researcher says The basic income project was a pilot study set up in April 2017 by the previous Liberal government to test the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: basic income, death penalty, denialism, fascism, GAI, ICE, immigration detention, injection sites, Pope Francis, private prisons, Russian interference, social media
Screening?
October 13, 2017 by Michael Maher
Oct 13, 2017 Toronto Star – Michelle Shepherd RCMP officers screened Quebec border crossers on religion and values, questionnaire shows The Star is reporting that the RCMP have been using an interview guide that targets Muslims as the refugees … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: border sceening, female inmates, girls, homeless youth, Indian Act, Indigenous, RCMP, refugees, sentencing, social media, women, youth
CRA on Facebook…
January 27, 2017 by Michael Maher
Jan 27, 2017 CBC News - Elizabeth Thompson Privacy experts call for rules on government monitoring social media Revelation that CRA monitors social media for tax compliance puts focus on what is 'publicly available' This revelation that CRA uses … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: bail, banishment, bias, living wage, Muslims, news media, privacy, re-offending, social media, Wynn's Law
Who we are…
June 30, 2016 by Michael Maher
June 30, 2016 Happy Canada Day! “Democracy is not easy. It's hard. Living up to our ideals can be difficult even in the best of times, and it can be harder when the future seems uncertain, or when in response to legitimate fears and frustrations, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: de-escalation, Indigenous youth, inquests, policing, self-harming, social media, Trinity Western
Khadr’s bail…
November 29, 2015 by Michael Maher
Nov. 29, 2015 Toronto Star – Ben Spurr Ottawa reconsidering position on Omar Khadr’s case - Federal Liberals may not fight ruling that let ex-Guantanamo Bay prisoner out on bail in May. The Khadr case was one of those that suggested political … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aboriginal women, bail, juvenile justice, Khadr, omibus bills, parenticide, RJ, serial killers, social media, water rights