Justice
- Is crime in Canada really declining? Recent MLI study makes waves across the media February 22, 2013
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...
- Is crime in Canada really declining? MLI study questions StatsCan’s numbers February 21, 2013
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...
- MLI's Alex Wilner follows up on his prison radicalization work in the Toronto Sun, BBC News, and Montreal Gazette January 25, 2013
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 p...
- Straight Talk on immigration and national security: Beef up surveillance along the Canada-US border, security expert suggests January 25, 2013
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 op...
- Straight Talk on immigration and national security: Streamline ‘robotic’ deportation procedures, security expert suggests January 22, 2013
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 law...
- MLI study and Senior Fellow Alex Wilner quoted in National Post on preventing prison radicalization December 3, 2012
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 ...
- CBC's Rex Murphy invited MLI on his show to discuss Canada's crime laws November 7, 2011
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 inc...
- Straight Talk: Reforming Canada’s treatment of DNA collection would help reduce crime October 3, 2011
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...
