Conservatives

Spies that Share

dawn — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:13:38 +0000

Docs show CSIS collaboration with private sector

TORONTO—The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is disclosing intelligence to private companies despite a law that does not permit this sharing.

Testing Allegiances

Tim McSorley — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:00:28 +0000

Idle No More highlights the murky waters of solidarity

HALIFAX—Bills C-45 and C-38, the Harper government's recent, and massive, omnibus bills, have laid waste to legislation relevant to the futures of all Canadians.

Sinking Ships

Tim McSorley — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:16:40 +0000

Shipwrecks, shellfish and the future of the BC coast

HARTLEY BAY, BC—The two ex-lovers who were at the helm of the BC Ferries ship Queen of the North during a routine overnight sailing from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy six years ago probably didn't expect their first reunion after a two-week separation to end the way it did.

Crime and punishment : Harper’s punitive approach

arij — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:23:58 +0000

Though the conservatives never hid their intention to get tough on crime, the punitive approach they advocate is relentlessly denounced by criminologists and jurists. It seems also likely to exacerbate the overrepresentation of Indigenous women in Canadian prisons.

Since the conservative party acquired the majority in the House of Commons, five different bills related to the criminal justice system were passed. By itself, the omnibus bill C-10 on « safe streets and communities » targets over 200 criminal provisions.