Archive for category Justice
Harper plays to people’s worst instincts
Posted by sitemaster in Accountability, Conservatives, Crime & Safety, Justice on April 7, 2010
BY DAN GARDNER, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, APRIL 7, 2010
Having spent the last four years being amazed and appalled by Stephen Harper’s style of governance — cynical, ruthless, controlling, unprincipled, and proudly ignorant of basic facts — I thought I had seen the worst. But then the news of Graham James’s pardon broke. Read on »
Parliament is meant to write laws, not interpret them
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Crime & Safety, Justice on February 18, 2010
By ERICH JACOBY-HAWKINS, Barrie Examiner, February 18, 2010
From the beginning, the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s attitude towards our judiciary has been partisan.
In the 2006 election, the PM informed Quebecers not to fear any excesses from a Conservative majority. “Liberal” courts would hold him in check, limiting his ability to impose a right-wing agenda. Read on »
Ignatieff outlines Liberal priorities in open letter to Harper
Posted by sitemaster in Aboriginals, Accountability, Canadian Armed Forces, Crime & Safety, Democracy, Employment, Energy, Environment, Foreign Policy, Health Care, Human Rights, Justice, Pensions, The Economy on February 17, 2010
Please click here to read Michael Ignatieff’s open letter to Stephen Harper, dated February 15, 2010.
Soft on truth
Posted by sitemaster in Conservatives, Crime & Safety, Justice on February 14, 2010
BY SUSAN RILEY, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, February 14, 2010
When you look beyond the paternalism, cynicism, genuine concern — whatever motives drive the Harper government’s punitive approach to crime — only one question matters. Is it effective? Read on »
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