CanadaToo many cops?The crime rate is down but police forces are growing. We’re poorer as a result, but not necessarily any safer.
GeneralA tough-on-crime bill that goes too farWith Canada’s crime rate at its lowest since the 1970s, why is the government spending more money on throwing people in jail?
OttawaPlease call back in four yearsJustice Minister Rob Nicholson responds to the concerns of the Canadian Bar Association. In case Conservative voters did not fully...
OttawaThe Commons: Two words to say so muchWould a Taliban prisoner by any other name seem just as evil?
GeneralThe Bull Meter: John Baird on the bills that died because of the electionWelcome to the Bull Meter, where we fact-check dubious claims
OttawaUnfrozen Caveman Minister of StateFrom Julian Fantino’s remarks at a news conference with Justice Minister Rob Nicholson yesterday. This rhetorical trick—call it...
GeneralJim Prentice’s goodbye bashFormer cabinet minister Jim Prentice held a goodbye party before the House rose. Prentice (left) with Justice Minister Rob...
OttawaThe Commons: These fleeting wordsVic Toews’s neat trick of both welcoming and redirecting accountability for the G20
CanadaIs Canada tough on crime or doing just fine?There is little evidence the Conservatives’ anti-crime crusade will make us any safer