#Ending solitary confinement in Canada’s prisons, take 2

#Ending solitary confinement in Canada’s prisons, take 2

“#Ending solitary confinement in Canada’s prisons, take 2” Justin Ling: Ottawa is reappointing an expert panel—disbanded a year ago because it couldn’t do its work—to study the unconstitutional use of solitary confinement in prisons The Trudeau government is reappointing a panel of experts to study the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons, nearly a…

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#That’ll teach you, Mark Machin. I’m just not sure what.

#That’ll teach you, Mark Machin. I’m just not sure what.

“#That’ll teach you, Mark Machin. I’m just not sure what.” Paul Wells: A quasi-public official did something the government refuses to forbid. So sure, get angry. Meanwhile I keep thinking of other things you could be enraged about. I knew Mark Machin’s countdown clock was ticking when Katherine Cuplinskas, Chrystia Freeland’s spokesperson, told Bloomberg last…

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#Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch

#Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch

“#Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch” Paul Wells: How badly do things have to go for a government-appointed panel to shut down because it got no usable data and no help from the minister? I’ve got my journalistic obsessions, Lord knows. But the notion that Bill Blair, the minister of public safety and emergency preparedness,…

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