The hidden costs of police body-worn cameras
It is indisputable that the proliferation of body-worn camera programs will greatly increase police budgets.
Conservative attacks ignore bail’s role as effective ‘tool of public safety,’ says NDP justice critic
Former police officer Gregory Brown says the lack of sufficient accountability and supervision of bail conditions are the criminal justice system’s ‘dirty little secret.’
Prime minister should call a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian elections
In mid-March, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named former governor general David Johnston as a special rapporteur to decide whether an independent inquiry should be called into foreign interference in Canadian elections. Johnston will make his decision later this month. Since the appointment, a number of new stories have come out revealing troubling information about foreign […]
Gun rights activists call Liberal backtrack on firearms ban a ‘massive retreat,’ but not a victory
The Liberals’ failure to ‘do their homework’ and consult with Indigenous communities burned political capital and left the government back where it started last fall, says NDP strategist Cam Holmstrom.
The RCMP, inquiries, and another musical ride
Over 73 years of investigations, commissions, and inquiries, the RCMP has seen few apparent changes to the way it operates.
Mass killing report a scathing condemnation of Canada’s failure to curb violence against women
As the Nova Scotia inquiry found, there is no excuse for not moving ahead vigorously and forcefully to address this shameful, ongoing crisis.
Chinese-Canadian activists raise concerns over feds’ rushed foreign registry consultations
With many members of the community only receiving an invite four days in advance and a lack of transparency on who would be in attendance, activists are concerned consultations on the proposed foreign agent registry could be skewed.
People’s Commission pushes for post-convoy apologies as joint parliamentary committee readies report
Despite nearing the end of its work, the special committee studying the use of the Emergencies Act will add the new Ottawa People’s Commission report to its evidence.
The political potency of the firearms issue
Canada’s more than two million firearms owners will be voting as a block in the next election based on their united opposition to Trudeau’s new firearms laws. And given the tiny margins that determine which party forms government, the Liberals should be worried, writes former Conservative MP Robert Sopuck.
Meaningful bail reform requires community supports not ‘more policing, more court work, and more corrections’: Sen. Pate
NDP justice critic Randall Garrison says the overrepresentation of marginalized Canadians in prison poses a long-term threat to public safety that must be balanced with the immediate threat of repeat offenders.
