Aug 25, 2014
Globe and Mail – Kathryn Blaze Carlson
How many more women will it take, asks family of slain teen Tina Fontaine
The story of yet another Aboriginal woman is traced out of a tragic personal history compounded by the senseless act of violence. Carlson describes her young life and family before the murder. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-many-more-women-will-it-take-asks-aunt-of-slain-teen-tina-fontaine/article20184699 Related article: Globe and Mail Editorial (Aug. 22, 2014) How to stop an epidemic of native deaths http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/editorials/how-to-stop-an-epidemic-of-native-deaths/article20175261 Related article: Toronto Star – Editorial (Aug 22, 2014) Stephen Harper is wrong on murdered aboriginal women http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2014/08/22/stephen_harper_is_wrong_on_murdered_aboriginal_women_editorial.html Related article: Toronto Star – Julie Kay and Daniel Beland Stephen Harper’s dangerous refusal to ‘commit sociology’ http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/08/22/stephen_harpers_dangerous_refusal_to_commit_sociology.html Related article: Toronto Star – Eric Andrew-Gee Aboriginal men murdered at higher rate than aboriginal women http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/08/22/aboriginal_men_murdered_at_higher_rate_than_aboriginal_women.html Related article: National Newswatch: Canadian Press Harper on wrong side of history in opposition to aboriginal inquiry: Trudeau http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2014/08/23/harper-on-wrong-side-of-history-in-opposition-to-aboriginal-inquiry-trudeau/#.U_lTF2Pej3t Related article: National Newswatch – Maria Babbage Harper wrong on aboriginal women inquiry: Wynne http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2014/08/22/harper-wrong-on-aboriginal-women-inquirywynne/#.U_lUSGPej3t Related article: Ottawa Citizen – Scott Reid Harper has to call an inquiry into crimes against aboriginal women http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/reid-harper-has-to-call-an-inquiry-into-crimes-against-aboriginal-women
Straight.com (Vancouver, BC) – Travis Lupick
Stephen Harper’s tough-on-crime agenda linked to increasingly dangerous prisons
The numbers are up for assaults, sexual assaults, attempted suicides and the use of solitary. Overcrowding is a major factor across the country. Treatment for mental illness is underfunded and like, programs, often simply not available. Prison authorities know the problems says Correctional investigator Howard Sapers. http://www.straight.com/news/713471/stephen-harpers-tough-crime-agenda-linked-increasingly-dangerous-prisons
Herald Sun (Melbourne, AU) – Mark Buttler
Canadian drug gangs getting rich off Aussie ice dumping
Australia seems to pay much better for street drugs like cocaine and ice (methamphetamine) according to police sources in Vancouver and Melbourne. Naturally, the criminals are following the drug shipments, some staying longer than they had allowed for. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/canadian-drug-gangs-getting-rich-off-aussie-ice-dumping/story-fni0fee2-1227034437855?nk=ffd209a05bb4b80f33ee4b7e279da3be
CBC News – Laura Payton
Federal Court allows more latitude for refugee appeals – Refugee Appeals Division should consider all facts in appeals, not just whether legal errors made
The Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board has been told that appeals may be based not just on procedural errors but also the board can overturn a ruling based on the merits of the case as well. In other words, the RAD as an appeal court must examine the decision of the lower body and can decide that a ruling was just plain wrong. In the case of three refugees from Kosovo the RAD had upheld a determination of the Refugee Protection Division without reviewing the case. Government can appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal if it so wishes. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-court-allows-more-latitude-for-refugee-appeals-1.2744116
Globe and Mail – David McLaughlin
Five ways to renew the public service
A former chief of staff to the Prime Minister takes the occasion of the appointment of new Clerk of the Privy Council to reflect on a demoralized civil service and what Janice Charette, the new Clerk and head of the civil service, needs to do to restore both the role of the public service in government and its morale. He has five pointed suggestions. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/five-ways-to-renew-the-public-service/article20161685