Dec 7, 2022 CBC News Indigenous leaders and advocates in Winnipeg say the MMIWG crisis is a national state of emergency - 'It's become a genocide,' MLA Bernadette Smith says While Canada notes the 33rd anniversary of the 14 murdered women in … [Read more...]
Rainbow people…
April 29, 2022 By
April 29, 2022 Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories The link is to Stats Can’s latest offering on Canada’s population, its growth and directions for the near future. … [Read more...]
Prisoners’ rights…
August 15, 2019 By
Aug 15, 2019 Millhaven Lifers Liaison Group (MLLG) - Jeff Thomas (Ed note: Many identifiable groups with common interests are beginning to develop a human rights perspective to help guide fair and legal treatment under common understanding of … [Read more...]
LGBT records…
October 26, 2018 By
Oct. 26, 2018 CBC News – Kathleen Harris Law permitting destruction of LGBT criminal records has seen low uptake so far - Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act came into force in June Four months ago the feds passed legislation … [Read more...]
Legal scam?
October 22, 2018 By
Oct 20, 2018 Toronto Star – Patricia Winsa Letters to shoplifters threaten legal action if hundreds in damages aren’t paid — even if the goods are recovered Here’s a move that lawyers say depends on fear, threat, and ignorance of the law: … [Read more...]
More secrets…
August 4, 2017 By
Aug 4, 2017 Globe and Mail – Anna Mehler Paperny Canada’s jailhouse secret: Legally innocent prisoners are dying In the last five years 270 people have died in provincial jails, two thirds never having been convicted of any crime: they were … [Read more...]
New solitary rules…
May 24, 2017 By
May 24, 2017 Globe and Mail – Patrick White Canada’s prison agency closes in on new solitary confinement rules After repeated studies and recommendations, Corrections Canada appears ready to make some significant changes to the way solitary is … [Read more...]
A meager gift…
May 14, 2017 By
May 14, 2017 (Ed note: Below is a moment of worried relief, perhaps also a daily companion, for many observing Mother’s Day today. The Bath Institution in the quote is a medium security prison in the Kingston area. The inmate son suffers … [Read more...]
Bigger jails no cure…
May 5, 2017 By
May 5, 2017 – Ottawa Sun – Irene Matthias, Mothers Offering Mutual Support (MOMS) MATHIAS: Bigger jail no cure-all Matthias is reflecting on her oft repeated message that caging people is no answer. MOMS is an Ottawa group of mothers whose … [Read more...]
A taste of the problem….
June 24, 2016 By
June 24, 2016 Global News – Leslie Young A ‘radical act’: Edmonton police’s experiment showed recruits how it felt to be LGBTQ in the city Edmonton police was training officers about vulnerability. Conceding that most police are male and … [Read more...]