Oct 3, 2022 CBC News - Truth and Reconciliation Count Beyond 94 – Truth and Reconciliation in Canada The link is to a program tracking the responses to the 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. “The site provides … [Read more...]
Who’s listening…
August 16, 2022 by
Aug 16, 2022 Toronto Star Editorial (Aug 11, 2022) Policing police data collection - It's time to regulate the police collection of data including emails, text messages and image from cellphones and other devices Privacy practice in Canada is … [Read more...]
Well-being…
July 19, 2021 by
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...]
Think big!
August 21, 2020 by
Aug 21, 2020 N.Y. Times – John Roman Why Criminal Justice Reform Needs to Think Big - There are too many police officers in the US. We need patient, tolerant, unbiased, hard-headed, soft-hearted cops. But we only need a few. This article may be … [Read more...]
Indigenous genocide…
May 31, 2019 by
May 31, 2019 CBC News - Jorge Barrera National inquiry calls murders and disappearances of Indigenous women a 'Canadian genocide' The CBC has verified that the 1200 page final report with 230 recommendations on the Murdered and Missing Indigenous … [Read more...]
3 D’s…
April 21, 2017 by
April 21, 2017 Blogger and retired Judge Marion Lane Three Ds to Reduce Delay in the Criminal Courts The Minister of Justice is meeting with the provinces next week to tackle the issue of delays in the criminal courts. Judge Lane has three … [Read more...]
News and net…
February 7, 2017 by
Feb 7, 2017 ABACUS Data – Mark Blevis & David Coletto Matters of Opinion 2017: 8 Things We Learned About Politics, the News, and the Internet Given the flurries around fake news and the struggle of the print media to sustain itself … [Read more...]
Alt-right…
January 5, 2017 by
Jan 5, 2017 iPolitics – Janice Dickson Leitch campaign manager gloats about spreading false info - Kouvalis says his goal was to ‘make the left go nuts’ Nick Kouvalis laughingly conceded to sharing what he knew to be false information on the funds … [Read more...]
Safe injection sites…
March 23, 2016 by
March 15, 2016 CBC News – Susan Lunn, Peter Zimonjic Safe injection sites have potential to save lives, says Jane Philpott - Federal health minister says the more people know about them, the greater their support Toronto's medical officer of … [Read more...]
No!
June 5, 2015 by
June 5, 2015 New York Times – Op Ed Edward Snowden (June 5, 2015) Edward Snowden: The World Says No to Surveillance Snowden is celebrating “the power of an informed public” in what he views as a triumph for democracy when the people themselves … [Read more...]