Crime

From Stable Prisons to Skyrocketing Budgets: What's Really Happening at CSC?

Housing and handling Canada’s criminal offenders in federal detention facilities is expensive.

Aug 17 •

Understanding Systemic Unequal Treatment Before Canadian Criminal Courts

Equality before the law is a beautiful concept.

Jul 27 •

Using Wastewater to Track Illegal Drug Usage

Statistics Canada has published an experimental dataset representing the controlled substances component of the Canadian Wastewater Survey.

Jul 6 •

What's Really Going On in Canada's Criminal Courts?

Last week’s post on the disturbing mismatch between Toronto Police Services arrest rates and provincial criminal court caseloads seems to have hit a…

Jun 15 •

Police vs the Courts

One of these things is not like the other

Jun 12 •

Is Education Good for You?

Why hasn't anyone seriously tested education policy alternatives by analyzing moral outcomes

May 25 •

What Is It About Politicians and Corporate Bribery Scandals?

Another possible case of influence peddling - this time on behalf of Brookfield Asset Management

Mar 19 •

What Did the Government's Antisemitism Forum Accomplish?

Governments sometimes mean well.

Mar 13 •

What Do Human Rights Tribunals Actually Do?

And why do so few of their cases ever reach a conclusion?

Feb 20 •

Car Theft - Parliamentary Briefing

For the past couple of months, a certain Wellington St.

Feb 4 •

So What ARE We Supposed To Do With the Homeless?

Sometimes a quick look is all it takes to convince me that a particular government initiative has gone off the rails.

Jan 30 •

How Gender-Based Violence Reduction Funds are Spent

Everyone here will agree that the crimes these days referred to as gender-based violence (GBV) are an evil that should be fought.

Jan 23 •

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