The kinder side

 July 19, 2013  Wheels.ca The kinder side of vigilante justice   Elizabeth Webb and her husband are a different kind of vigilante.  When her car was ransacked, she discovered the cell phone of the culprit and instead of the police, she called the … [Read more...]

Cell phone privacy

 July 15, 2013  CBC News Top court to hear case involving cell phones, privacy rights  Dating from a 2009 arrest of one Kevin Fearon, and an appeal in February 2011 over the right of police to search through an unprotected cell phone (no … [Read more...]

Legal aid cuts – UK

 June 11, 2013  The Independent (UK) – Paul Peachey Legal aid changes 'will lead to convictions of innocent'  The Criminal Cases Review Commission, itself a government agency, is mandated to investigate miscarriages of justice.  The Commission is … [Read more...]

C-10 at 14 months

 June 4, 2013  Canada.com – Blogger Tobi Cohen, Post Media News Omnibus crime bill 14 months later — how’s it playing out in court   A year and bit after C-10 has become law, a parliamentarian has asked government what has been the impact.  The … [Read more...]

We ain’t there yet!

May 20, 2013  Vancouver Province – I.M. GreNada We ain’t there yet!  A B.C. lifer reflects on an exchange between two advocates – one a victim’s advocate, the other a conflict mediator.  The views are contextualized by parenting practices.  He is … [Read more...]

How many?

  May 12, 2013 First Perspective - Jacqueline Hansen, Amnesty International Canada, Guest Opinion piece in the Toronto Star (May 11, 2013) Lack of official data on violence against aboriginal women no excuse for inaction  The author, who … [Read more...]

Austerity fetishism

 February 25, 2013 Toronto Star: Op-ed by Alex Himmelfarb The trouble with austerity: Cutting is more about ideology than economics Here is another insightful article from Alex Himmelfarb, who says: “…austerity fetishism is not economics; it is … [Read more...]