Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
The past few weeks have been extremely peculiar, coming as they have after two very strange and challenging years. Mass demonstrations across the country by people claiming to be calling for freedom. Canada/US border crossings slowed down or closed by Continue reading Risking delight
Many survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) want nothing whatsoever to do with the law – any law. It’s not hard to see why. Criminal charges are not laid when they should be or are laid when they shouldn’t be; sexual Continue reading Suing for abuse
Blue Bloods, Bosch, Broadchurch, CSI, Foyle’s War, Inspector Morse, Law and Order, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Midsomer Murders, The Bridge, The Closer: the list of police shows I have watched is a long one, of which this is just a Continue reading Bon cop, bad cop
In early June 2010, a few weeks before Toronto hosted the G-20, Premier Dalton McGuinty and his cabinet very quietly passed Regulation 233/10 to augment the little-known and almost never used Public Works Protection Act. Why? Because authorities anticipated large Continue reading Dissent & democracy