Oct. 7, 2022 Globe and Mail – Tom Cardosa No way out - Once behind bars, racialized people are far less likely to get paroled when they are eligible. A Globe analysis examines why This article is dated Feb 2020 but draws attention to the … [Read more...]
Systemic racism…
May 25, 2022 by
May 25, 2022 News Release: Senate of Canada The Honourable Kim Pate, C.M., and The Honourable Murray Sinclair, C.C., MSC Bill C-5 Will Not Redress Systemic Racism in Sentencing. Parliamentarians Can and Must Act Now to Ensure Meaningful … [Read more...]
Human rights and …
August 13, 2021 by
Aug 13, 2021 Lawyer’s Daily – Amanda Jerome Ontario human rights body’s framework on racism in policing supports A2J: chief commissioner Released July 29, the ten step report seeks to address what “outgoing chief commissioner Ena Chadha calls a … [Read more...]
Indigenous health…
January 28, 2021 by
Jan 28, 2021 Globe and Mail – Willow Fiddler and Kristy Kirkup Saskatchewan woman left shaken after arrest by RCMP Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Emily Kammermayer, 20, was arrested by RCMP and charged with assaulting an officer at the La Ronge … [Read more...]
Gladue still…
July 27, 2020 by
July 27, 2020 CBC News – Colin Perkel Law barring conditional sentences for some offences is unconstitutional, court rules The conflict is between the Gladue prescription that the court must consider the Indigenous circumstances before sentencing … [Read more...]
Policing
June 11, 2020 by
June 12, 2020 National Newswatch – Canadian Press Freeland says police must acknowledge racism, advocates call for action Is there or isn’t there? Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister thinks there is. But despite our history of colonialism, our MMIWG … [Read more...]
Systemic racism…
October 15, 2019 by
Oct 15, 2019 CBC – David Thurton Canada is 'awash in systemic racism,' says Green Leader Elizabeth May - 'It's a hard answer because it makes people uncomfortable,' May says at foreign policy platform event Following the French language debate the … [Read more...]