The law may have changed, but targeted communities will not be safer unless police, prosecutors, and public institutions learn how to translate legal reform into protection and prevention. Read full story

Supreme Court nominee Glenn Joyal also appeared before the House Justice Committee on June 29 as part of a regular process of reviewing appointments to Canada's top court. Read full story

Calls to defund the police were not to starve them of resources, it was about reducing their power and instilling accountability. We had a chance to do so, and blew it. Read full story

The federal government should respect democratically adopted legislation and immediately commit to adopting regulations that define protection orders as any protection order, as required by the Firearms Act. Read full story

Motivated by his own experiences as a physician, Senator Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia says he saw the difficulty in diagnosing the disorder, and how that could lead to a 'cycle' of potential impacts including mental health and substance use problems, and encounters with the justice system. Read full story

Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, would require social media platforms to prevent underage users from accessing their websites, but allow firms to apply for an exemption to the ban if they can prove they've implemented 'significant safeguards.' Read full story

Of the nine countries around the world that offer MAID, Canada is the only one to discriminate against people with mental illness by specifically preventing them from accessing MAID. Read full story

The family of Sharif Rahman and the people of Owen Sound may find some closure when the man convicted in his death is sentenced next month. Read full story

Unless parliamentarians strengthen the Lawful Access Act before it becomes law, offenders will continue exploiting loopholes that allow evidence to vanish, multinational firms to refuse lawful orders, and investigations to stall at the very moment when speed matters most. Read full story

A recent study found 38 per cent of Canada's tobacco sales are being sold on the black market. When responsible retailers face excessive restrictions or outright bans on age-restricted products like tobacco and nicotine pouches, demand doesn’t disappear. Read full story