Aug 21, 2022 Globe and Mail – Martha Love Great Lives lived: Activist and advocate Patricia Love never backed down from doing the right thing… Smart Justice Network offers condolences to the family on Pat Love’s death but rejoices with them in … [Read more...]
The children…
July 8, 2022 by
July 8, 2022 Toronto Star Editorial (June 6, 2022) Justice for children - A final agreement was reached this week on details of a landmark settlement to compensate First Nations children who had been removed from their homes or denied social and … [Read more...]
Feet in prison…
April 20, 2019 by
April 20, 2019 Vatican News – Dennis Watkins Pope washes inmates' feet at Mass of Lord’s Supper In a tradition Holy Week gesture of solidarity and reconciliation, Pope Francis this week visited Velletri Prison, just outside Rome to celebrate the … [Read more...]
Recompense for solitary…
April 6, 2019 by
April 6, 2019 Toronto Star – Editorial (April 1, 2019) Ottawa now has even more reasons to fix solitary confinement The Star comments on the latest court ruling that limits the Correctional Services to a max of 15 days. But the Court of Appeal in … [Read more...]
Who counts the dead?
October 6, 2017 by
Oct. 6, 2017 Ottawa Citizen = David Reevely Ontario's jails can't even count their dead, review finds Former federal correctional investigator Howard Sapers, now an advisor to Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services, has a new version of the old … [Read more...]
First Nations in the mix…
May 10, 2016 by
May 10, 2016 Globe and Mail – Gloria Galloway First Nations leaders want to rethink residential schools agreement There have been so many gaps in the compensation of the victims of the Aboriginal residential schools that the whole agreement … [Read more...]
Police Boards…
November 24, 2015 by
Nov 24, 2015 Toronto Star – Wendy Gillis Police boards seek explicit power to enforce Ontario’s new carding rules Push back, it’s called. Ontario is trying to ban the practice of carding by police and the police boards of Ontario are … [Read more...]