Smart Justice Network Jan 7, 2024 – The mercy worker… The Marshall Project (US) – Maurice Chammah The Mercy Worker, Illustrated - Her mission was to save him from death row — by telling the story of his life. While we have no … [Read more...]
June 12, 2023 – Toxic…
June 12, 2023 by
June 12, 2023 – Toxic… Toronto Star – Bruce Arthur The attack by Pierre Poilievre and others on safe supply will cost us lives The author Arthur, supported by UBC Law Professor Ben Perrin, are both insisting that the cause of the opium … [Read more...]
Safe third country…
October 7, 2022 by
Oct 9, 2022 CTV News – Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Canada 'contracts out' obligations to refugee claimants, advocates tell top court The ‘Safe third Country agreement’ is back in the courts and whether anyone ever verifies the accuracy of … [Read more...]
Special – CSC letter…
June 7, 2022 by
June 7, 2022 - Smart Justice Special What’s wrong with this letter? The letter below comes from CSC Commissioner Anne Kelly to the federally incarcerated in Canada. Smart Justice asks the question: What’s wrong with this letter? If you would … [Read more...]
Equal justice…
October 29, 2021 by
Oct 29, 2021 Globe and Mail – Willow Fiddler Former Thunder Bay police board chair files human-rights complaint against chief, other senior officials Friday past Georjann Morriseau, an Indigenous person and former chair of the police services … [Read more...]
Screaming into silence…
July 2, 2021 by
July 2, 2021 McLean’s – Cindy Blackstock Screaming into silence – Cindy Blackstock: I believe those little spirits buried on the grounds of residential schools came to ensure the work gets done to end the injustices facing survivors Blackstock, a … [Read more...]
Deep polarity…
January 29, 2021 by
Jan 29, 2021 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (US) - Emily Kubin, Curtis Puryear, Chelsea Schein, and Kurt Gray Personal experiences bridge moral and political divides better than facts Just the facts Sgt Friday used to say, just … [Read more...]
A star has passed…
January 25, 2021 by
Jan 22, 2021 Sheila Arthurs (1937-2021) The arc of justice may have slipped a notch this past week with the sudden death of Sheila Arthurs of Ottawa, long a restorative justice advocate and an active participant with Smart Justice Canada. Born … [Read more...]
Welfare in Canada (2019) Report
November 20, 2020 by
Nov 20, 2020 Maytree Foundation – Welfare in Canada (2019) This annual report may prove helpful as Canada discusses how to remedy the loss of income and worsening threats of increasing poverty from covid. There is both a province by province … [Read more...]