Human rights watchdog applauds tribunal ruling, questions where troubled prisoners will be housed in outdated facilities. ...
Category: Law and Safety
Correctional reform bill finally on the way
Province plans to table legislation to overhaul solitary confinement and prison system in next few months, after more than three decades without major update. ...
Ontario tax investigators are learning jiu-jitsu moves
Ministry of Finance puts out call for self-defence training to help government agents manage conflict that may arise with those who owe. ...
Province tries to track segregation more accurately with new digital tack
Correctional ministry puts out request for information around "inmate tracking solution" to close data gaps in solitary confinement. ...
Public meetings to be held in review of new regulations on police carding
Justice Michael Tulloch will hold a dozen public meetings in different areas of the province. ...
How much affordable housing should new developments include?
NDP says Liberals tried to "bury" proposed changes requiring affordable units make up between 5% and 10% of new developments. ...
A bill to ban ticket bots passes amid discordant notes on its effectiveness
New law will ban ticket bots and cap resale price of tickets at 50 per cent above face value but some companies and critics are upset over its 'failings.' ...
Dispute over secret recording of PC campaign chair and spurned candidate hits the courthouse
The recording made at Walied Soliman's Bay Street office last May factors in to would-be candidate Vikram Singh's lawsuit against the party over a controversial Hamilton-area nomination meeting. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, December 12. ...
Provinces, Ottawa pledge to split pot tax revenue 75-25
Agreement to give provinces lion's share of the loot comes after they skewered Morneau's initial plan for 50-50 split. ...