Prison perspective…

Dec 20, 2022  Toronto Star – Rik McWhinney and Jason Demers Rik McWhinney spent almost 35 years in prison, 16 of them in solitary confinement: this is his story - In ‘The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney,’ poems, grievance forms, letters, interviews … [Read more...]

Fossils still trying…

Nov. 14, 2022  Hill Times (Canada) - Kevin Philipupillai ‘Among the worst in the world’: environmental advocates slam outsized oil and gas company influence in Canada’s COP27 delegation - The official Canadian delegation to the 27th UN Climate … [Read more...]

No reform…

Nov. 4, 2022 Lawyer’s Daily SCC overturns lower court decision, rules Criminal Code provisions on sentencing constitutional “A divided Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a Court of Appeal decision, ruling Nov. 4 that certain Criminal Code … [Read more...]

On talking points…

   April 29, 2014  National Newswatch – Don Lenihan Andrew MacDougall’s world of the 24/7  Here’s a commentary by the Senior Associate at Canada’s Public Policy Forum in Ottawa on the “talking points” strategy of the federal government’s … [Read more...]