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How Harper created a more conservative Canada
Nine years after Stephen Harper was sworn in as prime minister, we are a more conservative land… Absolutely not, you say? Then would you support increasing the GST by two percentage points? Do you want to relax parole eligibility for sex offenders? Would you get behind some big new national program, even if it infuriated Quebec and Alberta? … If a ship filled with refugee claimants appears, should we just let them in? And how do you think your neighbours would answer these questions?
Tags: budget, child care, corrections, crime prevention, economy, globalization, Health, housing, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, pensions, poverty, rights, tax
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Harper got spy powers right, but civilian oversight very wrong
When abuses of power became better known as a result of the Arar and other inquiries, it was a common conclusion, together with the Major Report, that robust powers of surveillance needed to be matched by robust accountability and review. This is what is missing in the reforms Mr. Harper has put before Parliament… The rule of law and justice matters to all of us, and the protection of our ancient freedoms depends on a vigorous defence of both our security and our liberty.
Tags: crime prevention, featured, ideology, participation, rights
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Weak-kneed opposition lets Conservative terror bill sail through
They had nothing to say about measures that would criminalize speech the government deemed pro-terrorist. They had no views on proposals that would give 17 security agencies access to any information in any government department on any Canadian. They said nothing about a section of the bill that would permit the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to engage in illegal and unconstitutional dirty tricks.
Tags: crime prevention, globalization, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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A fact-based approach to addressing campus assault
… there is no evidence that sexual assaults are on the rise in Canada. In 2013, the rate of the most serious (Level 2 and 3) police-reported sexual assaults was at its lowest point for any year save one since 1998, when it was nearly 50% higher. It is no doubt true that the vast majority of sexual assaults aren’t reported to police, but there is no evidence to suggest that the number of unreported assaults is growing.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living, women
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Real change for aboriginal women begins with the end of prostitution
On Dec. 6, 2014, Canada’s new prostitution legislation came into effect. Prostitution survivors, aboriginal women’s groups, anti-violence workers, and equality rights advocates and scholars celebrated the decision to criminalize johns, pimps, and third-party advertising for sexual services, and to decriminalize prostituted women in most circumstances… While not quite yet the “Nordic Model” of prostitution policy, we are beginning to move in the direction of equality for all women by working to abolish prostitution.
Tags: crime prevention, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living, women
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How restorative justice re-connects fairness to justice
One of the most important reasons that restorative justice has gained global recognition and respect is that it gives a real voice and choice of process to victims of wrongdoing, something that the justice system continues to be woefully incapable of providing. Those who have been wronged can participate in person, through an agent or lawyer… On a deeper level, restorative justice attempts to re-connect fairness to justice and in doing so, it repairs relationships.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, rights, standard of living
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Canada is 17th in children’s health. We can do much better
Children do better, families do better, and countries do better when nations invest in early childhood programs… in terms of return on investment, early childhood education yielded $8 for every $1 spent in terms of cost savings associated with reduced remedial education, juvenile justice involvement, health and social services use and increased school completion… programs that target not only children but also their mothers and other caregivers appear to have the most profound and persistent effects on children’s health and development.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, featured, Health, ideology, poverty, standard of living, women, youth
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Good news on the reserve [policing]
Compared to non-aboriginals the overall crime rate of aboriginals is 3.8 times higher, violent crime 5.8 times higher, assault 7 times higher, sexual assault 5.4 times higher, and drug trafficking 3.8 times higher… FNAs [First Nations Authorities] can be viewed as a particularly successful model for aboriginal communities. Good examples include the Six Nations Police Service and Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service in Ontario.
Tags: crime prevention, Indigenous, jurisdiction, standard of living
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Breaking down bureaucratic hurdles to create a safe haven for abused children
In March, representatives from advocacy centres across the country will convene in Calgary with Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre representatives to establish national CAC standards for child interviews and other practices… “This was about creating a different culture, a different environment, a different practice and a different outcome for kids,” Kennedy insists. “You have to keep pushing all the time.”
Tags: child care, crime prevention, Health, Indigenous, mental Health, standard of living
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Canadian criminal justice meets ghost of Christmas past
Some Scandinavian countries have addressed the problem of poverty and criminal fines by using a system of “day fines,” according to which the amount of the fine is adjusted to how many days’ income it would represent for the criminal. This introduces a measure of equal justice into a society where variations in income and wealth can be extreme, ensuring that the impact of the fine is equal for each person punished.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, poverty
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