Briefs and Articles

2 October 2018 The Honourable Ralph Goodale, MP, PC Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness House of Commons Ottawa ON K1A 0A6   Open Letter: Healing Lodges, Community-based Residential Facilities Help to Ensure Public Safety As Members of Parliament…

September 25, 2018   The Honourable Ralph Goodale Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness   The Honourable Bill Blair Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction   Dear Ministers, Re: Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts…

July 24, 2018 The Honourable Ralph Goodale Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6   The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A…

July 24, 2018 The Honourable Ralph Goodale Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada   Dear Ministers, Re: Bill C-66, the Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act (now…

We are writing in support of Bill S-251, sponsored by the Honourable Senator Kim Pate. The Canadian Criminal Justice Association has long opposed the enactment of mandatory minimum sentences and the ease with which they have multiplied as criminal sanctions over the years.

3 May 2018 The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada House of Commons Room 451S, Centre Block Ottawa ON K1A 0A6   Open Letter: Call to Restore Judicial Discretion in Sentencing   Dear Minister Wilson-Raybould,…