Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
When news broke earlier this week about an intimate partner violence mass shooting in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario Premier Doug Ford commented that the story was “gut wrenching,” and said “You are all in my prayers.” Really? This from the Continue reading Action not prayers
Dog the Bounty Hunter who, with his gang of thugs – sorry, I mean, team of relatives — hunts down those who have skipped out on their bail and drags them back to court may have no place in the Continue reading A bill we don’t need
It’s been a tough year for lots of people. I’ll be happy to leave 2023 behind on January 1st, and my troubles have been small compared to those of many others. As I have written here before, our annual harvest Continue reading Appreciating the harvest
The concept of coercive control in situations of intimate partner violence (IPV) entered the legal realm a couple of years ago, when it was included in the definition of family violence that appears in the Divorce Act. Since then, there Continue reading Beyond criminal law