Briefs and Articles – Page 3

Bill C-46 An Act to amend the Criminal Code

February 27, 2018

BRIEF TO THE Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs 42nd Parliament, 1st Session Bill C-46: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts Submitted by the…

Synopsis of 44th Annual Report of The Correctional Investigator

January 3, 2018

This synopsis identifies those issues that the Correctional Investigator, Dr. Ivan Zinger felt necessary to address in his report and to highlight the outstanding problems with those issues and provide the Investigator’s recommendations thereto.

CCJA Interview with Jay Mandarino

July 25, 2017

Published first in the Justice Report issue 32.2 Jay Mandarino is the President & Founder of The C.J. Skateboard Foundation and the CJs SKATEPARK Not-for-Profit. Over the past 26 years, Jay has raised more than $50 million dollars for hundreds…

Proposing changes to address 10 years of Tough on Crime

April 28, 2016

Restricting Judicial Discretion The sanctioning of criminal behaviour in Canada has always been carried out in a balanced, impartial and rational way by competent judges examining the facts of each case against the intent of the Criminal Code and jurisprudence.…

Towards an Integrated Network

April 27, 2016

Working Together to Avoid Criminalization of People with Mental Health Problems

Letter to the Ministers on C-51 (Counter-terrorism)

April 21, 2015

March 30, 2015 Mr. Leif-Erik Aune, Clerk Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) Dear Mr. Aune, I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Criminal Justice Association (CCJA). The CCJA is one of the longest serving…