Aujourd’hui le comité du Sénat qui étudie le projet de loi C-10 s’est axé sur les modifications apportées par ce projet aux demandes de transfèrement des délinquants…
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…
Le système de justice pénal n’est pas un système de santé
Le troisième jour d’étude en comité sénatorial du projet de loi C-10 a reçu en témoignage aujourd’hui 5 associations d’avocats, dont l’Association du Barreau canadien et le…
C-10 : Un cas de victimes c. contrevenants?
Le 4e jour d’étude sur le projet de loi C-10 au Comité sénatorial des affaires juridiques et constitutionnelles a aujourd’hui mis l’accent sur la voix des victimes de…
3 strikes effective? Think again
The Senate hearings into Bill C-10 opened today with two passionate voices for victims’ rights. Joseph Wamback and Marie-France Marcil each have close family members who were…
Book Review-The Political Economy of Narcotics: Production, Consumption and Global Markets
by Craig Jones Former Executive Director, The John Howard Society of Canada. The Political Economy of Narcotics: Production, Consumption and Global Markets By Julia Buxton, PhD Zed…
Talk – Ending Drug Prohibition and Emancipating the Addict: The Last Frontier in a Struggle for Enlightenment
Time to wake up – Time to get busy – Time to step up – Make ‘em go tizzy Peter Ferentzy holds a Ph.D. in Social and…
Three drug policy stories to watch in 2012
Insite opens the door North America’s only sanctioned safe injection facility was the big news story of 2011. The September 30, 2011 Canadian supreme court decision in…