Dec 4, 2022 Toronto Star – Daniel Brown Long-awaited reforms to criminal sentencing are also sound public health policy - Bill C-5 recognized drugs as a public health problem that should be addressed through treatment programs, not through … [Read more...]
Grotesque greed…
August 10, 2022 By
Aug 10, 2033 (Last newsletter advertised the availability of a British Lancet article entitled “Social thinning and stress generation after childhood mistreatment: a neurocognitive social transactional model of psychiatric vulnerability” by … [Read more...]
Say it ain’t so…
December 20, 2020 By
Dec 20, 2020 Toronto Star - Alyshah Hasham Legal groups say Ontario misled public with claim it reduced inmate population by 30 per cent early in pandemic There’s a lot, to rely on an old jail joke, depends on the way you tell the story. Two … [Read more...]
Welfare in Canada (2019) Report
November 20, 2020 By
Nov 20, 2020 Maytree Foundation – Welfare in Canada (2019) This annual report may prove helpful as Canada discusses how to remedy the loss of income and worsening threats of increasing poverty from covid. There is both a province by province … [Read more...]
Public health…
July 2, 2020 By
July 2, 2020 Toronto Star - Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press Advocates in Canada call for community-led crisis intervention, not police The frequency of police interaction with mentally ill persons and the escalation of violence that accompanies … [Read more...]
Changes…
May 19, 2020 By
May 20, 2020 Business Insider - Thomas Coulson Spain is about to bring in a basic income scheme which the government thinks will 'stay forever' Up to a million poorer families will shortly receive a guaranteed annual income, making Spain the first … [Read more...]
Public health, Public safety…
May 18, 2020 By
May 18, 2020 (Ed note: Both these organizations are very reputable in research and advocacy in the United States and may be helpful in the pursuits of similar objectives in Canada where the scene is much the same for the threat of Coronavirus and … [Read more...]
Prisons and US Justice…
August 23, 2019 By
Aug 24, 2019 The Appeal.com (US) How Warren and Sanders would overhaul the criminal system https://mailchi.mp/theappeal/daily-appeal-347111?e=5540d3cc3d US Presidential candidates spell out justice reform platforms Medium.com - Elizabeth … [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...]