Rob Nicholson

The crime rate is down but police forces are growing. We’re poorer as a result, but not necessarily any safer.

With Canada’s crime rate at its lowest since the 1970s, why is the government spending more money on throwing people in jail?

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson responds to the concerns of the Canadian Bar Association. In case Conservative voters did not fully...

Would a Taliban prisoner by any other name seem just as evil?

Welcome to the Bull Meter, where we fact-check dubious claims

From Julian Fantino’s remarks at a news conference with Justice Minister Rob Nicholson yesterday. This rhetorical trick—call it...

Prominent members of the federal government—that’s who

Former cabinet minister Jim Prentice held a goodbye party before the House rose. Prentice (left) with Justice Minister Rob...

Vic Toews’s neat trick of both welcoming and redirecting accountability for the G20

There is little evidence the Conservatives’ anti-crime crusade will make us any safer