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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Electronic ankle bracelets are often used to help enforce conditional sentences. (John Weidlich/CBC)The Saskatchewan government is tightening its policies on electronic monitoring devices — the gadgets used to help enforce house arrests. The move is part of an overall rewriting of official procedures that occurs whenever there is an escape from the provincial corrections system. The new...
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The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
By John Weidlich, via CBC news: A new report to Canada's Human Right Commission says the law should be changed so the federal agency no longer investigates complaints relating to hate speech. Richard Moon, a professor at the University of Windsor, Ont., who authored the report, says the section of the Canadian Human Rights Act that prohibits communication that exposes people to hate should...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Former Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney stands next to a portrait of former Premier Tommy Douglas. (John Weidlich/CBC)Former Saskatchewan premier Allan Blakeney has written a memoir of his days in political life, chronicling his battles over medicare, mineral resources and the Constitution.Blakeney, who was premier between 1971 and 1982, has studiously avoided backroom gossip in his...
