July 28, 2016 Toronto Star – Wendy Gillis Police watchdog to review police use of strip searches Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) Gerry McNeilly says he has had enough. He is using the full power of his office to … [Read more...]
Suicide contagion…
June 7, 2016 by
June 7, 2016 Toronto Star – Canadian Press Woodstock students stage walkout over ‘suicide contagion’ High school students in this small Ontario town close to London will walk out of classes today to protest the suicide of five students so far this … [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...]
Eleven one day…
April 11, 2016 by
April 11, 2016 Toronto Star – Johnathan Forani Attawapiskat in state of emergency following rash of suicide attempts - A state of emergency was declared following a rash of suicide attempts in Attawapiskat First Nation. “People are getting … [Read more...]
Taxes owing…
April 4, 2016 by
April 4, 2016 Toronto Star – Robert Cribb and Marco Chown Oved How offshore banking is costing Canada billions of dollars a year $199 billion in foreign has been declared by Canadians but experts say that the amount is only a small fraction of … [Read more...]
Income inequality and human rights…
March 31, 2016 by
March 31, 2016 Open Democracy - Gaby Oré Aguilar and Ignacio Saiz Tackling inequality as injustice: four challenges for the human rights agenda The insistence here is that the global inequality of income that creates poverty and misery is a … [Read more...]
PTSD
March 22, 2016 by
March 19, 2016 Ottawa Citizen – Joanne Laucius 'Where do they get help?' PTSD and stress in the police force PTSD among front line first responders are again in the news with the suicide of an Ottawa Mountie assigned to the Embassy Protection … [Read more...]
Justice mandate…
November 13, 2015 by
Nov. 13, 2015 Prime Minister of Canada – Justin Trudeau Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Mandate Letter The Canadian public has been hearing about the mandate letter given to each federal government minister to guide the … [Read more...]
Doctor assisted suicide…
November 4, 2015 by
Nov. 5, 2015 Toronto Star – Canadian Press Palliative care centre in Quebec to offer doctor-assisted suicide February past the Supreme Court gave the then Harper government one year to propose an alternative to the present ban on doctor … [Read more...]