Normally, Canadians have the right to be left alone by police. Pedestrians generally don’t have to answer police questions and don’t have to identify themselves. They certainly don’t have to submit to searches by police….
Toronto is a changed city this weekend. Various police forces have cordoned off a big part of downtown searching and checking IDs of those wishing to enter. We in Canada are not used to ID…
Statistics Canada released the figures for 2008 hate crimes today, which shows an increase from previous years. Blacks are the racial group most targeted, out of reported crimes, and Jews are the most targeted faith.
The Toronto Star reports: Riotous protesters marching at the G20 summit next month may be greeted with ear-splitting “sound cannons,†the latest Toronto police tool for quelling unruly crowds. Toronto police have purchased four, long-range…
May 18 is the national day of action against Bill 94, the proposed legislation in Quebec, which if approved, would deny essential government services, public employment, educational opportunities, and health care to Muslim women who…
While the internet provides users with an environment in which socially valuable anonymous speech can flourish, it also provides users with an opportunity to defame others behind a shield of anonymity. If these users can…
Available online here By Kashif Ahmed and Eric Miller, Special to The StarPhoenix April 30, 2010 Following is the viewpoint of Ahmed and Miller, recent law graduates from the University of Saskatchewan. Few actions score…
A few days ago the Canadian House of Commons rejected an assisted suicide bill. The proposed legislation would allow doctors to help terminally ill patients or people in unrelenting pain to end their lives. Currently,…
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An old cliché says that a car gives freedom. But if freedom means the absence of state intrusion in our personal choices, then that cliché is plain wrong. Drivers are less free than pedestrians or…
The following message is from the email listserve of the People’s Commission Network, to which you can subscribe by sending an email to PeoplesCommissionNews-Subscribe@lists.riseup.net. ——– Sanctions-busting Telethon Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 From anywhere, between 7pm…
