June 22, 2023 – Outrageous response Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) Stop Barrie City Council Criminalizing Homelessness This approach to a problem reaches the apex of Not-in-my-backyard – go to someone else’s backyard. … [Read more...]
More of the same…
October 28, 2022 by
Oct 29, 2022 CBC News – Shanifar Nasser Family of Toronto man who fell to his death says police locked them in room, didn't let them speak to him - Toronto police now say 32-year-old 'barricaded himself' and crisis team could not be sent in The … [Read more...]
Power and democracy…
September 9, 2022 by
Sept 9, 2022 The Lawyer’s Daily – John L. Hill Myles Sanderson parole decisions The loss of life and the injuries in the Sanderson case has the power to move us to outrage and insistence on the harshest interpretation of legal punishment as a … [Read more...]
Questions…
July 7, 2022 by
July 7, 2022 Toronto Star – Steve Buist and Rachel Mendleson Unjust invasions happening across Canada as police mislead courts, bungle warrants and violate suspects’ rights - On more than 40 occasions, judges took serious action to correct the … [Read more...]
No guns, please…
June 2, 2022 by
June 2, 2022 CTV News – Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press National handgun freeze key feature of new firearm-control bill The Trudeau government has introduced new gun control legislation that puts the focus on the importation of handguns, long … [Read more...]
Re-entry jobs…
May 14, 2022 by
May 13, 2022 Lawyer’s Daily – John Hill Finding a job for ex-con… This link elaborates on the difficulty of all formerly incarcerated persons in getting employment once released. There is usually a question on a job app about criminal record … [Read more...]
Law and Justice…
February 28, 2022 by
Feb 28, 2022 Winnipeg Free Press – Katie May Seeking a new system of peacemaking - Treaty 2 First Nations developing alternative system of law The Treaty 2 First Nations have a vision of justice based on the Anishinaabe traditions. Chantell … [Read more...]
Jump ahead!
December 10, 2021 by
Dec. 10, 2021 Institute for Research on Public Policy (Policy Options Canada) - Navjot Kaur and Bavneet Chauhan How can we improve our criminal justice system? The link summarizes the long practice of hard line theory around crime and punishment, … [Read more...]
Jail as therapy…
July 11, 2021 by
July 11, 2021 Toronto Star – Alyshah Hasham He had a gun to kill himself. For that, an Ontario judge gave him to two years in jail This is a bizarre story that ought to lead to at least an acknowledgment of the inability of the law to confront and … [Read more...]
Rights violated…
December 15, 2019 by
Dec 16, 20119 CBC News Quebec's top court won't suspend province's religious symbols ban, but judges say rights being violated How does a court agree that rights are violated without proscribing a remedy? The top Quebec court decision came in a … [Read more...]