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It’s tougher than ever to enforce your human rights in Ontario
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
May 09 2012
Six years ago, to speed up a slow, backlogged system that needed reform, Bill 107 privatized human rights enforcement. It took the Human Rights Commission out of screening, investigating and prosecuting individual discrimination cases. It makes discrimination victims investigate and litigate their cases at the tribunal without the commission’s help. Does Bill 107 make lives better for victims of discrimination? Far from it… We hope this current Human Rights Code Review will recognize these amply-documented problems, and make strong recommendations to improve Ontario’s troubled human rights system.
Tags: crime prevention, disabilities, featured, rights, standard of living
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Special consideration for aboriginals in the courts is a matter of fairness
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Apr. 20, 2012
Proportionality between the offence and the punishment is a traditional and, indeed, fundamental purpose of sentencing. It applies to all offenders. Many may have preferred the three-year sentence and that, if errors are made, they be made on the side of public safety. But where does this argument stop? Indeterminate detention would eliminate more risk. But it is fundamental in a democracy that people be sentenced for what they have done – not what they may do.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, rights
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Injection sites should be supported
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
Apr 14 2012
Those in the policing community who oppose these sites should reconsider the horrific consequences of their opposition to a proven, cost-effective, evidence-based program that reduces the harmful side effects of drug use, and in the process enhances the safety of police officers and other emergency workers… It is about time we start treating drug use and drug addiction for what it is, namely a public health problem.
Tags: crime prevention, Health, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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The increasing inequality
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
… there is a direct correlation between levels of income and the rate of poverty, chronic disease, addiction, mental illness and incarceration… Canadians believe the inequality gap is undermining our democracy and core values. These values are under attack from the increasing inequality gap and all fair-minded Canadians want this situation reversed. The fastest way to close the inequality gap is by making our taxation system fairer.
Tags: crime prevention, economy, Health, ideology, poverty, tax
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Toronto and Ottawa would benefit from supervised drug injection sites
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Apr 11 2012
giving addicts a safer place to use drugs can help curb the health risks, public nuisance and other problems associated with addiction. That’s the upshot of a comprehensive four-year study into the merits of setting up publicly funded “consumption facilities” — a.k.a. supervised injection sites — for illegal drugs in Toronto and Ottawa. It’s an idea whose time has come.
Tags: crime prevention, Health, ideology, mental Health
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On supervised-injection clinics, Ontario Liberals discover a convenient ‘division’
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
In her response to the release of a report that called for supervised drug-injection sites in Toronto and Ottawa on Wednesday, provincial Health Minister Deb Matthews said the McGuinty government was happy to receive good advice and that “we make our decisions based on evidence.” The next sentence: “Experts continue to be divided on the value of the sites.”… a spokeswoman for Ms. Matthews offered this explanation: “As the Minister said in her statement, experts continue to be divided on the value of the sites — these experts include police, medical experts and other community leaders.”
Tags: crime prevention, Health, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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The wrong answer to aboriginal overincarceration
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Apr. 05, 2012
Handing young aboriginal men and women a stay-out-of-jail card in cases of serious violence is a mistaken answer to the problem of overincarceration of aboriginal people in Canada. It puts one wrong in place of another… There is no doubt that the overrepresentation of aboriginal people in provincial and federal jails is a calamity for the country, for aboriginals and for the individuals behind bars… In the Louie case, having an aboriginal mother protected him from being held fully accountable for committing a violent crime.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, Indigenous
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Superior Court stops destruction of Quebec’s long-gun registry data
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Apr. 05, 2012
Superior Court Judge Jean-François de Grandpré sided with the Quebec government and ordered Ottawa to not only temporarily safeguard the data but to allow the province the right to access the information contained in the registry. The ruling also requires that all new non-restricted firearms such as rifles and shotguns continue to be registered in the province. The order issued on Thursday took effect immediately, just hours before the bill abolishing the gun registry was given royal assent. The interim ruling will be enforced for a week, until further motions for an injunction can be argued next week.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, rights, women
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Protecting seniors from elder abuse takes more than justice legislation
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Mar 18 2012
… the Conservatives introduced legislation they say would lead to tougher sentences for those convicted of elder abuse. “Elder abuse is a serious issue and we must do whatever we can to fight it,” says Justice Minister Rob Nicholson… He’s right about the need to protect vulnerable seniors. But it will take more than a tweaking of the Criminal Code to do it. Here’s an idea: let’s protect seniors by making them less physically and financially vulnerable, thereby preventing much of the abuse from ever occurring.
Tags: crime prevention, disabilities, rights
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A beginners guide to conservative philosophy
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Mar 15, 2012
For the conservative, society is the word we apply to aggregated individuals… Conservatives want to remove limitations on free, responsible and productive citizens. To achieve this end… There must be stability and order, so that the individual is protected from the harmful actions of others; this calls forth the rule of law. The rule of law, set forth and enforced by the state, must be as extensive as is necessary for order, and as limited as necessary for responsible individual freedom… Conservatives, in other words, have a rather pessimistic view of human nature and the potential of human beings to evolve.
Tags: crime prevention, economy, featured, ideology, poverty, tax
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