Jails: Do Not Expect Healing
Every once in a while, the media focuses on the dreadful state of our prisons, and the number of people suffering from serious mental health problems who are stuck in these institutions. (For two...
View ArticleNote to (former judge &) electoral candidate: “Nix the Nuance. It’s an...
Playing dirty in politics: no one likes it, but everyone expects it, especially during elections. Routinely, attempts by idealistic candidates to make nuanced and in-depth analysis of issues is...
View ArticleStop This Bus, Mr. Oliver
Dear Mr. Oliver, I imagine that if you are a proponent of the Omnibus Crime Bill, then you believe that it speaks for victims. If your goal is to help victims, to allow them to heal faster, and to...
View ArticleHarper’s Crime and Punishment Agenda: The Top Most Offensive (and...
It feels like a week does not go by without the Harper government’s introduction of a new law or initiative purportedly aimed at making our “streets and communities safe.” Rather than make us safer,...
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