Feb 5, 2021 Mountain West News Bureau (US) - Nate Hegyi and Jordan Wirfs-Brock 'Talking People into Handcuffs': One Western Town Offers Lessons in Good Policing Moses Lake is a town of 20,000 in eastern Washington state where the local industry is … [Read more...]
Not in Canada…
January 13, 2021 by
Jan 13, 2021 Global News – Stewart Bell Canadian Proud Boys in ‘panic’ as platforms go offline and government talks of terror listing The immediate and visceral reaction to the incitement of insurrection in the US has prompted consideration about … [Read more...]
Spying and terrorists…
August 26, 2016 by
Aug 26, 2016 Canada.com – Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen Federal spies suddenly intercepting 26 times more Canadian phone calls and communications Huge increases in the amount of personal and private communications may be approved by the watchdog … [Read more...]
Punishing mental illness…
August 17, 2015 by
Aug. 17, 2015 Toronto Star – Amy Dempsey Ontario justice system ‘punishes’ mental illness The John Howard Society of Ontario is about to release a new report on the interface of mental health and criminal justice. The report is calling for … [Read more...]
Life means life, anyway…
March 4, 2015 by
Mar 4, 2015 CBC News – Laura Peyton Stephen Harper proposes bill to deny parole for some murderers The article includes a one minute video of the Prime Minister answering a question from a reporter about ending the possibility of parole for … [Read more...]
SCC and policy…
November 28, 2014 by
Nov 28, 2014 Canada.com – Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen Supreme Court named 'policymaker of the year' The MacDonald Institute, a conservative think tank, has named the Supreme Court of Canada the policy maker of the year for its ten rulings … [Read more...]
Fear and rights…
October 19, 2014 by
Oct. 19, 2014 CBC News – Kady O’Malley ISIS threat could mute objections to expanded anti-terror laws, critics fear - 'Once we give up our rights and liberties, it's very hard to get them back,' says Green MP Elizabeth May O’Malley raises … [Read more...]
New legislation…
October 14, 2014 by
Oct 14, 2014 CTV News Public safety minister to introduce bill for tracking homegrown terrorists abroad While details are still scarce, Public Safety Minister Stephen Blaney has announced the government’s intent to introduce new legislation … [Read more...]
Creating inequality…
September 30, 2014 by
Sept 30, 2014 Toronto Star – Marco Chown Oved Blitz finds nearly half of companies with interns break law Here’s a lesson on why there is a growing income gap. A blitz by the provincial labour department in Ontario has revealed that at 42% … [Read more...]
Corrosive justice
May 9, 2013 by
May 9, 2013 Toronto Star – Editorial (May 8, 2013) Ontario judge blasts Harper government’s ‘tough on crime’ agenda: Editorial Judge Melvyn Green’s article in the Criminal Lawyers Association Journal has prompted the Star to endorse the … [Read more...]