Nov 2, 2023 – Prevention and Protection… Toronto Star – Editorial Board (October 31, 2023) Let’s start addressing the root cause of intimate partner violence - Two recent investigations into horrific accounts of intimate partner … [Read more...]
Pervasive poverty…
November 2, 2020 by
Nov 2, 2020 Citizens for Public Justice – Natalie Appleyard Poverty Trends 2020: Rights & Realities in Canada Remember when we as a people vowed to end poverty in Canada by 2000? The link is to a 14 page downloadable pdf that identifies facts … [Read more...]
Correctional Investigator Report…
October 29, 2020 by
Oct 29, 2020 2019-20 Annual Report of the Correctional Investigator of Canada Tabled in Parliament Report Shines Light on Sexual Coercion and Violence behind Bars Full Report Go to: … [Read more...]
Gladue still…
July 27, 2020 by
July 27, 2020 CBC News – Colin Perkel Law barring conditional sentences for some offences is unconstitutional, court rules The conflict is between the Gladue prescription that the court must consider the Indigenous circumstances before sentencing … [Read more...]
Hope for the future…
September 14, 2015 by
Sept 14, 2015 Please note that Smart Justice Network of Canada has prepared and already distributed its 2015 Election bulletin entitled: Calling for a Smart Justice Approach: Election 2015. We are working on posting on our web site while we … [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...]
One mattress…
May 27, 2015 by
May 27, 2015 CBC News Edmonton inmate stomped to death owed $287 LRT fine - Video of eight-minute attack entered as evidence Monday at fatality inquiry Rather than pay his fine, Barry Stewart choose to spend three days in the Edmonton Remand … [Read more...]
Democracy, for sure!
May 10, 2015 by
May 10, 2015 Toronto Star – Bob Hepburn Mel Hurtig’s wake-up call for Canada’s democracy: Hepburn At 82, Mel Hurtig is still fighting for a national vision of democracy in Canada. The long-time economic nationalist has just published his … [Read more...]
Safe and Timely…
October 10, 2014 by
Oct 11, 2014 Office of the Correctional Investigator – 41st Report to Parliament - Howard Sapers Overcoming Barriers to Safe and Timely Reintegration Sapers paints a picture of the challenges around the release and reintegration of … [Read more...]