Time for ‘rigorous review’ of the Criminal Code A 2012 Justice Department study minimizing the need for reform was flawed, and systematically underestimated the prevalence of obsolete or outdated offences, according to two criminologists, who say the outdated Criminal Code needs serious modernization. MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 24, 2013 –Did you know that in Canada ...
February 22, 2013 – In a new MLI study released on Thursday, Police-reported Crime Statistics in Canada: Still More Questions Than Answers, author Scott Newark says Statistics Canada is creating an incomplete portrayal of crime in this country because of the way it collects and collates data. Click here for the full study. Since the release ...
Issues raised about methodology. Key findings & trends omitted. Questions raised about measuring crime. MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, February 21, 2013 – Statistics Canada is creating an incomplete portrayal of crime in this country because of the way it collects and collates data, a Macdonald-Laurier Institute study says. “The Statistics Canada data is a gold mine of ...
January 25, 2013 - In an interview with the Toronto Sun on prison radicalization, MLI Senior Fellow Alex Wilner says, “This isn’t to say that all inmates will become radicals, or even that many will, but it is to suggest that prison represents a potentially good window of opportunity for spreading radical views and recruiting others to ...
Automated sensors and a climate for more information sharing could create a basis for intelligence-led enforcement along miles of unpatrolled border MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, January 25, 2013 – As the federal government considers border security options, security expert Scott Newark in his latest Straight Talk with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) calls for enhanced intelligence led ...
Electronic monitoring devices and biometric ‘bad guy’ lookout systems at the border appropriate tools in tracking unwanted individuals MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, January 22, 2012 – Canada’s “robotic appeals process” may put immigration lawyers into a Mercedes Benz, but it is not exactly an effective way to remove people who are in Canada illegally, according to ...
December 3, 2012 – The National Post seeks the advice of MLI Senior Fellow Alex Wilner in an article discussing how to rehabilitate convicted terrorists and also quotes from Wilner’s MLI study on the topic. An excerpt below: By contrast, Canada has relatively few terror convicts but that should allow the government to build a “tailored and ...
On November 6, 2011, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley was invited on Rex Murphy’s Cross Country Checkup to discuss whether Canada needs tougher crime laws. Brian was among three other critics who were asked to give their views. Other critics included MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, MP Jack Harris and the Executive Director of the John ...
DNA Modernization Missing from Government’s Crime Bill October 3, 2011, Ottawa, ON – Bill C-10, the government’s crime legislation, overlooks the opportunity to modernize laws regarding DNA forensic evidence. The bill therefore neglects one of the single most effective reforms that Ottawa could enact to solve and reduce the most serious violent offences according to ...
September 28, 2011 – In today’s National Post, new MLI Senior Fellow and Law Professor Benjamin Perrin discusses the criminal justice reforms included in the Safe Streets and Communities Act. He says, “While not perfect, the bill introduces numerous reforms that will improve our nation’s criminal justice system.” Article below: The government’s omnibus crime ...
