Dec 16, 2015 CBC News – Susana Mas Truth and Reconciliation final report charts path to 'true reconciliation' Justice Murray Sinclair is hoping for a new era in relationship with Canada’s First Nations. In releasing the final report of the … [Read more...]
Aboriginal justice…
August 16, 2015 by
Aug. 16, 2015 The Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy – David Daubney Truth, Reconciliation and Prisons Citing a long standing over-representation of Aboriginals in Canada’s prisons, Daubney recalls the development of criminal justice policy … [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...]
Prisons and principles
June 4, 2015 by
June 4, 2015 Ottawa Citizen – Mary Campbell History shows we need a good correctional investigator Campbell was part of the hiring committee for the present correctional investigator, Howard Sapers, who has been told without any explanation … [Read more...]
Home grown…
June 3, 2015 by
June 3, 2015 Globe and Mail – Editorial (June 3, 2015) Truth and Reconciliation: Genocide or not, Canada authored this story The editorial invites the reader to play an imaginative game about a knock at the door and the end of family for your … [Read more...]
Cultural genocide…
June 2, 2015 by
June 2, 2015 Ottawa Citizen – Mark Kennedy Atoning for 'cultural genocide': Truth and Reconciliation Commission lays out its blueprint The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has released its report (seven volumes) and an executive summary … [Read more...]
LWOP in limbo…
June 1, 2015 by
June 1, 2015 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Tories' life-without-parole bill in limbo Government House Leader Peter Van Loan is telling media that Bill C-53, the bill that increases the sentencing for certain types of murder, also known as the … [Read more...]
6,000 children…
May 30, 2015 by
May 30, 2015 CBC News – John Paul Tasker Residential schools findings point to 'cultural genocide,' commission chair says Justice Murray Sinclair says that after seven years of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings across Canada he … [Read more...]