Posts Tagged ‘Justice system’

MP Carol Hughes: “We can’t abandon safeguards in the justice system” (Français inclus)

MP Carol Hughes: “We can’t abandon safeguards in the justice system” (Français inclus)

Like so many others, I was deeply saddened to learn the details of Tori Stafford’s tragic demise ten years ago when news coverage of her disappearance, murder, and the subsequent trial of Terri-Lynne McClintic and her accomplice shook Canadians to their foundation.  This autumn, we learned [Read more]

Greenstone OPP Push for Change Event a Success: Fundraising Continues

Greenstone OPP Push for Change Event a Success: Fundraising Continues

GREENSTONE, ON – On March 8, 2017, a former homeless youth and current entrepreneur, Joe Roberts will be pushing a shopping cart, (a symbol of chronic homelessness) through Nipigon, Ontario. The Push for Change is a 9000 km, 517 day trek across Canada to raise awareness and funds for ending youth [Read more]

Improving Ontario’s Justice System

Improving Ontario’s Justice System

Members to Chart the Way Forward on Improvements to the Justice System Ontario has appointed 11 individuals to a committee that will help enhance First Nation representation on juries. Led by co-chairs Alvin Fiddler, Deputy Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Irwin Glasberg, Assistant Deputy [Read more]

First Nation and Métis Nation Leaders Support Faculty of Law’s Proposed Course Enhancement

First Nation and Métis Nation Leaders Support Faculty of Law’s Proposed Course Enhancement

THUNDER BAY, ON – Lakehead’s Dean of the Faculty of Law, Lee Stuesser, has proposed a new course that will be an enhancement to the new law program’s first year curriculum. It is Dean Stuesser’s hope that this proposal will address the fundamental demand of the students staging a sit-in [Read more]

Statement from Attorney General on the Review of First Nations Representation on Juries

Statement from Attorney General on the Review of First Nations Representation on Juries Today, Attorney General John Gerretsen issued the following statement on the release of the Honourable Frank Iacobucci’s report “First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries”: “I am [Read more]

Hughes on Headlines

Hughes on Headlines

As jobless rate climbs and inflation soars, the government is worried about unreported crime. Gas prices are up 23% from August of last year. I know that most people will be concerned about that. It is a large part of what is driving inflation in this country and reverses the trend that saw rates [Read more]

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