April 15, 2016 National Newswatch – Bruce Cheadle, Canadian Press Supreme Court rules that Metis, non-status Indians are federal responsibility Canada’s Metis and non-status Indians – 665,000 in total - have long fallen into the cracks … [Read more...]
Broken…
March 23, 2016 By
March 11, 2016 Hill Times – Ally Foster Tories’ ‘tough-on-crime’ approach has broken Canada’s justice system, say experts The Hill Times, in the light of the recent Report to Parliament by the Correctional Investigator, assembled a … [Read more...]
Doctor assisted suicide…
November 4, 2015 By
Nov. 5, 2015 Toronto Star – Canadian Press Palliative care centre in Quebec to offer doctor-assisted suicide February past the Supreme Court gave the then Harper government one year to propose an alternative to the present ban on doctor … [Read more...]
PMO vs delivery units…
October 30, 2015 By
Oct. 30, 2015 National Newswatch – Don Lenihan Will Trudeau’s “Delivery Units” further centralize the PMO? A British brain child of Michael Barber, the delivery unit recognizes the gap between the legislative and the … [Read more...]
The Conservative footprint…
October 20, 2015 By
Oct. 20, 2015 Canadian Press Will Harper’s conservative footprint endure, or soon be washed away? Harper was clear. He wanted to change the face of Canada and for a decade many of Canada’s cherished social programs, institutions and … [Read more...]
Our common future…
September 27, 2015 By
Sept 27, 2015 DesmogCanada: Clearing the PR Pollution – David Suzuki It's Time to Talk About a New Vision for the Canadian Economy We argue, says Suzuki, about the economy all the time: jobs, surpluses or deficits, pipelines and so … [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 … [Read more...]
The business of detention…
September 9, 2015 By
Sept 9, 2015 Herald News (Halifax) – Andrea Gunn Springhill prison: More money spent, but fewer inmates We sometimes forget that besides being a prison, a prison is a business and needs customers. Springhill is a medium security prison … [Read more...]