Mark Haden is a drug educator. He has spent the last twenty-five years providing public education on drugs and working with addiction counselling services in Canada. Today…
NAOMI Research Survivors: Experiences and Recommendations
On March 31st, 2012 the NAOMI Patients Association (NPA) will celebrate the completion of their first research report, NAOMI Research Survivors: Experiences and Recommendations. To mark the…
Le projet de loi C10 : Le travail ne fait que commencer
Jeudi dernier, à minuit, le Sénat a approuvé le projet de loi omnibus C-10 des conservateurs, la Loi sur la sécurité des rues et des communautés, avec…
La justice réparatrice : Une alternative au projet de loi C-10
Hier soir, le juge retraité du Yukon Barry Stuart, un ardent défenseur de la justice réparatrice , a tenu un dialogue au sujet du projet de loi…
Where’s the beef: does the Senate have an aversion to evidence-based policy?
Today’s testimony focused on part 4 of Bill C-10, which would amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Specifically, these amendments would allow a judge to lift the…
Challenging prohibition: a missing perspective
Tonight the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional affairs heard from a huge variety of witnesses, from researchers at the Canadian Center on Substance Abuse to Chief…
Discretion in Bill C-10 Part II: Ministers versus Judges
Today’s Senate committee hearings into Bill C-10 focused on testimony from three lawyers regarding amendments to the International Transfer of Prisoners Act: Nathalie Des Rosiers, General Counsel…
Book Review – A Plague of Prisons: The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in America
by Craig Jones Former Executive Director, The John Howard Society of Canada. A Plague of Prisons: The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in America By Ernest Drucker The…
Thrown Under the Omnibus
The idea for the Toronto forum on Bill C10 (the Safe Streets & Communities Act) – “Thrown Under the Omnibus” – was hatched at the harm reduction…
