Access to Justice
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March 08, 2024
Feds helping N.S. legal aid in access to justice for racialized inmates
Ottawa has been giving Nova Scotia legal aid hundreds of thousands in the name of better access to justice for racialized inmates in the province.
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March 08, 2024
National Uprising Day: Courage, resilience, continued struggle for Tibet | Karma T. Youngdue
On March 10, Tibetans worldwide solemnly observe the Tibetan National Uprising Day, which marks a pivotal moment in Tibetan history. This year, the commemoration marks the 65th anniversary of the uprising. On March 10, 1959, thousands of Tibetans in Lhasa staged a courageous uprising against Chinese occupation of Tibet, protesting the erosion of their cultural identity and oppressive policies. The Chinese response was swift and brutal, resulting in the loss of many Tibetan lives and forcing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama into exile in India.
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March 06, 2024
How claims of innocence affect parole, part two | Michael Crowley
Remorse, or the lack of remorse as demonstrated in the Latimer case, is a question that arises much more frequently than cases that involve lifers and the question of the acceptance of guilt.
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March 07, 2024
The many reasons for regularizing status of undocumented workers | Lorne Waldman
In his December 2021 Mandate letter, Prime Minister Trudeau wrote to the then minister of Citizenship and Immigration and instructed him to “build on existing pilot programs to further explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing to Canadian communities.” The PM’s reference to “existing pilot projects” was a recognition of the very successful program whereby undocumented construction workers in Toronto and the GTA can regularize their status.
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March 06, 2024
Paving the way to gender equality this International Women’s Day | Mujda Rasoul
March 8 is International Women’s Day, marking an annual day of celebrating the great achievements of women globally. This year’s theme is “Inspire Inclusion,” emphasizing the importance of diversity and empowerment in all aspects of society.
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March 05, 2024
Manitoba enhances community safety officer program
Manitoba has expanded the duties of its community safety officers.
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March 05, 2024
How claims of innocence affect parole | Michael Crowley
Recently, I received an email from Mary Campbell, who had retired as director general of corrections and criminal justice directorate for the Department of Public Safety of Canada a few years ago. In it she wondered how the Parole Board of Canada handled claims of innocence by inmates who were seeking some form of conditional release.
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March 01, 2024
Define ‘tough judge’ | Norman Douglas
There are many countries in the world with tough judges. Perhaps these countries have a lower crime rate — we don’t know, because what goes on in their criminal courts is kept secret.
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February 29, 2024
Canada implements new visa requirements on travellers from Mexico
Citing a recent “spike” in unsuccessful asylum claims made in Canada by Mexican citizens and the need to preserve “the integrity of our immigration system,” the federal government is starting to require visitor visas for Mexicans who do not hold valid U.S. non-immigrant visas or who have not held a Canadian visa in the past 10 years and are travelling by air on a Mexican passport.
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February 27, 2024
Preparing now for AI in your sphere | Connie L. Braun and Juliana Saxberg
There is a growing corpus of commentary and advice to Canadian entities recommending how to responsibly manage the risk presented by artificial intelligence (AI). For smaller entities that do not have the resources or operational capacity to institute an AI governance committee, the prospect of following this advice can seem daunting. Existing tech governance frameworks and guidelines have already proven inadequate to corral the risk pervasive in AI applications. For those not already aware, these risks contain bias and security vulnerabilities, along with seemingly no means to prevent human misuse of AI tools or poisoning of data.