Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Many years ago – decades, in fact – when our kids were young, the internet, cell phones and debit cards did not exist and we had no credit cards, I was driving back from a winter holiday visit to my Continue reading The kindness of strangers
As I wrote last week, mandatory charging policies intended to protect survivors of intimate partner violence have proven to be highly problematic. Despite police training on domestic violence and attempts to ensure that they focus on identifying the primary aggressor, Continue reading Time for a review, part two
When Farrah called the police for help during an assault by her husband, Paul, she had no idea that she would be the one to be charged. Paul was coercively controlling towards Farrah, often threatening to withdraw his sponsorship of Continue reading Time for a review: part one
In October 2023, the federal government gave royal assent to Bill S-12, which made significant changes to how publication bans operate. As I wrote last year, these changes came about as the result of a growing number of situations in Continue reading Owning our stories, part three