Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Last Friday, my Luke’s Place colleagues and I awoke to a news story about a multiple homicide inside a home in Oshawa. Not surprisingly, our minds jumped immediately to the possibility – indeed the probability – that this was a Continue reading What to call it?
Canada’s settler history with Indigenous peoples is not a noble one, whether we consider theft of land, poisoning the environment, taking over Indigenous governments, the residential school system, destruction of culture or violence perpetrated against Indigenous women. The present – Continue reading Finding a new way forward
Note: This article is adapted from one originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily (www.thelawyersdaily.ca), part of LexisNexis Canada Inc. Since Gabriel Wortman killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in April, there has been much talk about what needs to be Continue reading We need more than laws
Last fall, the provincial government introduced Bill 161, The Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, which proposed amendments to more than 20 existing pieces of legislation, including the Legal Aid Services Act. The Legislature’s Standing Committee on Justice Policy held hearings Continue reading Bill 161: Neither smart nor strong