All posts for the month January, 2010

Protecting Sex Offender’s Privacy Trumps Child Safety

Most Ontarians wouldn’t be happy to know that teachers convicted of sexual offences against children were being allowed back into the classroom.  Most would also be deeply disturbed to know that a person was being persecuted for speaking out against the process that allows it. But this is precisely what has happened. The Ontario College [...]

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Media Update for January 28, 2010

Today’s media update includes the following stories: New RCMP Watchdog a Tory Activist; Causes Outcry / Richard Colvin’s Legal Fees to be Paid by Government / Disabled Veterans seeking to sue federal government / B.C.’s Information and Privacy Watchdog Replaced /Privacy Commissioner Rejects Gun Registry Complaint / CFIA Slammed for Failing to Implement Reforms / N.L. Bureaucrat Pleads Guilty to Spending Scandal Charges / Quebec Liberal Under Investigation by Lobbying Commissioner / U.S. Accountability Group POGO Calls for Continued Reforms

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Media Update for January 25, 2010

In today’s update, Richard Colvin, the Afghan detainee controversy whistleblower, has reappeared. His lawyer has released a letter arguing that the government is making a reprisal against him for his testimony at Parliamentary committee – the same committee that pundits generally agree was the reason Parliament was prorogued, as it was getting embarrassing. The method [...]

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